Affect and Raise

Affect

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

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

Raise verb - To move from a lower to a higher place or position.

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Affect and raise are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Raise".

Nearby Words: raised, raising

score	affect score	raise score
people	affect people	raise people
children	affect children	raise children
rate	affect rate	raise rate
Other words: time, level, meter, voice, skills, zombies, animals, stats.

Massages from Daisy will raise a Pokémon's Beauty, and nature will not affect it.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Pokémon
One might think nature doesnt affect anything at all, but it actually will raise a particular stat by 10% in exchange for lowering another stat.

Source: Guide Dang It / Pokémon
In the Jimmy Olsen story "The Boy Olympics", Jimmy is bothered by how it will affect the staff if a rival newspaper folds and comes up with the idea of a show to raise money.

Source: Hey, Let's Put on a Show

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