Affect and Occur

Affect

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

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

Occur verb - To take place.

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Affect and occur are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Occur".

character	affect character	occur character
life	affect life	occur life
plot	affect plot	occur plot
number	affect number	occur number
Other words: range, time, way, characters, level, world.

A few of the moral choices you make throughout the game also affect some of the flashback scenes that occur during The Reveal.

Source: Video Game / Spec Ops: The Line
Royalists: Most of the population starts out as this in the Colonial era, and have a perpetually low opinion of the Governor (which doesn't affect much, as elections, uprisings and rebellions do not occur during the Colonial Era).

Source: Video Game / Tropico
It doesn't affect how he controls, nor does it occur if he actually does take damage, but it's there to represent extreme thirst and tiredness — two common effects of hyperglycemia (High blood glucose).

Source: Video Game / Captain Novolin

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