Affect
Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Feel
Feel verb - To have a vague awareness of.
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Some Malfeas Charms in Exalted make it so that while you do feel pain, it doesn't actually affect you.
Source: Feel No Pain - They might face difficulties like paying bills together or learn how to be parents, and that doesn't really affect what they feel for each other in the slightest.
Source: True Love Is Boring - As a half-Changeling Emotion Eater, Fluttershy can actually drain life force from those who feel positive affect toward her.
Source: Fanfic / Fluttershy Is Free
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