Affect and Signify

Affect

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

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

Signify verb - To be of importance.

Usage example: never mind, as the color of the room doesn't signify in the least

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Affect and signify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Signify".

character	affect character	signify character
change	affect change	signify change
status	affect status	signify status
relationship	affect relationship	signify relationship
Other words: development, level, personality, storyline, powers.

Onnushi-sama was apparently one of them, and the danger they signify is the fact that they can control their pheromones at will to affect even normal humans, and their flesh can seed in humans without exploding them into gobbets of meat if they will it.

Source: Visual Novel / Sweet Pool

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