Affect and Work

Affect

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

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

Work verb - To produce a desired effect.

Usage example: this headache remedy takes half an hour to work

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Affect and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

ability	affect ability	work ability
people	affect people	work people
body	affect body	work body
relationship	affect relationship	work relationship
Other words: time, way, story, skills, powers.

His criticism of other band members for showing up to work drunk or stoned seems hypocritical, until he truthfully points out that he never lets his drug use affect his work.

Source: Film / Ray
They all work on the Magikarp Power logic, and when not properly trained will not work at all or only work on some opponents out of several they should affect.

Source: One Hit Kill / Video Games
The prisons of the Overlords are pretty sturdy, with most of the Overlords having no power to affect the world at all (though they do have cultists/minions willing to work on their behalf).

Source: Leaking Can of Evil

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