Affect and Link

Affect

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

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

Link verb - To put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole.

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Affect and link are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Link".

Nearby Words: linked, linkage, linking, linkup, linker

person	affect person	link person
mind	affect mind	link mind
people	affect people	link people
characters	affect characters	link characters
Other words: world, game, story, brain, everyone, events, objects, timeline, minds.

Similarly, the Twilight in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess turns normal humans into spirits, Link into a wolf, and does not seem to affect magic-users.

Source: Was Once a Man
The NACAID grim reaper ads from 1987 were enough to make people link homosexuals to Death ever since, despite there being the message that aids does not affect just homosexuals.

Source: Paranoia Fuel / Advertising
Psychic Link: The Hive Mind apparently has one of these with the other Necromorphs, though in practice it doesn't really affect the proceedings and the Necromorphs seem to largely do their own thing.

Source: Video Game / Dead Space

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