Affect and Modify

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Affect

Affect verb - Have an effect upon.

Usage example: Will the new rules affect me?

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Modify is a synonym for affect in influence topic. In some cases you can use "Modify" instead a verb "Affect", when it comes to topics like behaviour, change.

Nearby Words: affected, affection, affectation, affecting, affective

Modify

Modify verb - To limit the meaning of (as a noun).

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Affect is a synonym for modify in behaviour topic. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Modify".

Nearby Words: modification, modified, modifying, modifiable, modifier

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character	affect character	modify character
life	affect life	modify life
body	affect body	modify body
appearance	affect appearance	modify appearance
Other words: environment, time, way, personality, world, game, story, accent, damage, memory, reality, behavior, humans, objects, powers, creatures, abilities, lives, animals, stats.

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Kain from the 7 Kins of Purgatory in Fairy Tail has a doll that can affect the person whose hair to touching the doll, and not only does he use it to hurt his enemies he also uses it on himself to modify his physical abilities, such as turning the doll to steel to increase his durability.

Source: Reality Changing Miniature

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