Affect and Pressure

Affect

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

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

Pressure

Pressure verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.

Affect and pressure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Pressure".

Common collocations

life affect life pressure life
people affect people pressure people
children affect children pressure children
someone affect someone pressure someone
Other words: time, actions, anyone.

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Video / Dub Of The North Star Kevlard: Heart is too fat for Ken's attacks to affect him, until Ken simply kicks all his fat out of the way to reach his pressure point.
  • The Hero He was unanimously chosen as leader based on these characteristics but the constant pressure and moral ambiguity of his role start to affect him as the story moves on.
    Source: The Hero
  • Film / Five Deadly Venoms He has the snake's mouth on one hand whereby using precise finger control he attacks the pressure points mimicking the poisonous affect of a snake bite.
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