Affect and Sting

Affect

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

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

Sting verb - To charge (someone) too much for goods or services.

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Affect and sting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Sting".

Nearby Words: stinging, stingy, stinginess, stinger, stingily

character	affect character	sting character
people	affect people	sting people
someone	affect someone	sting someone
time	affect time	sting time
Other words: way, anyone, everyone, humans, enemies.

While you can blind and temporarily disable yourself with flashbangs and sting grenades in singleplayer, tear gas grenades don't affect you or your team in any way.

Source: Video Game / SWAT 4
It takes quite a lot more for them to really get this term thrown at them, but it generally tends to sting a lot more, since their influence will (usually) affect future stories as well.

Source: Canon Defilement

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