Affect and Matter

Affect

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

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

Matter verb - To be of importance.

Usage example: she believes that doing well in school really does matter

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Affect and matter are semantically related in importance topic. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Matter".

Nearby Words: mattered, mattery, mattering

people	affect people	matter people
time	affect time	matter time
level	affect level	matter level
world	affect world	matter world
Other words: damage, ending, enemies, lives.

Donovan disagrees; the qualities of the object matter and affect the nature of the quest.

Source: The Quest
The fact that Ronnie's a dumb lug and only remembered the chemical formula for salt by reading it from Jason's mind and that Ronnie could not affect organic matter until he absorbed Jason, who COULD affect organic matter, made it infinitely worse.

Source: Comic Book / Blackest Night
Matter powers from Mage: The Awakening, which only directly affect non-living matter.

Source: Only Flesh Is Safe

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