Affect and Gain

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Gain and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gain" instead a verb "Affect".

Gain verb - To gradually increase in.

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Affect and gain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Gain".

Nearby Words: gained, gaining, gainful, gainer

ability	affect ability	gain ability
life	affect life	gain life
status	affect status	gain status
time	affect time	gain time
Other words: way, speed, level, health, damage, skills, powers, abilities, lives, stats.

The Dark Side: Darkness as used by the Order, the mere affect of joining the order causes you to gain darkness powers.

Source: Fan Fic / Freedom Through Harmony
Their explanation is that since the game is always online, using cheats to gain achievements in the single-player campaign would unfairly affect someone's online prestige.

Source: No Fair Cheating
Fulfill certain challenges, however, and you gain access to Erudito-hacked versions of them, revealing all the subliminal trickery used to affect the viewers.

Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed III

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