Affect and Occasion

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

Occasion verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Affect and occasion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Occasion".

Nearby Words: occasional, occasionally, occasioned, occasioning, occasionalism

On at least one occasion, this has gone back to affect a work's canon: In the second episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, one of the scenes centers around the interactions between the main characters and a distressed sea serpent.

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Several Peter Sellers characters (some already from other countries) affect this trope on occasion, particularly Inspector Clouseau.

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Not Even Bothering with the Accent: In contrast to the above examples, Selena Gomez makes no attempt to affect a Noo Yawk accent, and on occasion, her native Texas drawl comes through.

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