Attract and Affect

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Attract verb - Exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.

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

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

Usage example: their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least

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Attract and affect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attract" instead a verb "Affect".

people	attract people	affect people
children	attract children	affect children
someone	attract someone	affect someone
number	attract number	affect number
Other words: way, characters, anyone, humans, objects, enemies, zombies, animals.

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