Affect and Impair

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

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

Impair verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

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Affect and impair are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Impair".

Nearby Words: impairment, impairing

ability	affect ability	impair ability
quality	affect quality	impair quality
character	affect character	impair character
work	affect work	impair work
Other words: performance, status, matter, health, memory, anyone, skills, abilities.

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