Affect and Turn

Affect

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

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

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

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Affect and turn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Turn".

Nearby Words: turned, turning

person	affect person	turn person
character	affect character	turn character
life	affect life	turn life
people	affect people	turn people
Other words: body, children, someone, time, characters, world, game, anyone, city, everyone, humans, powers, enemies.

Of course, all these choices will affect the relationships between the characters, and thus, affect how the story will turn out.

Source: Video Game / Until Dawn
Damaging a ship's steering results in the ship losing the ability to affect course, which includes continuing to turn, if the ship was turning the previous turn.

Source: Video Game / Pacific Fleet
The Porkolator in Hexen will only turn lesser enemies into pigs; it will not affect bosses.

Source: Contractual Boss Immunity

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