Affect and Relate

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Affect verb - To be the business or affair of.

Usage example: fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast

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Relate is a synonym for affect in influence topic. In some cases you can use "Relate" instead a verb "Affect".

Relate verb - To have a relation or connection.

Usage example: how does your comment relate to what the rest of us have been talking about for the last hour?

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Affect is a synonym for relate in correlate topic. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Relate", if it concerns topics such as apply to.

mind	affect mind	relate mind
people	affect people	relate people
children	affect children	relate children
appearance	affect appearance	relate appearance
Other words: time, way, story, history, events, skills.

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