Effect and Prompt

Effect

Effect verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

Usage example: classroom discussions designed to effect a change in racial attitudes

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Prompt and effect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prompt" instead a verb "Effect".

Prompt verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

Usage example: a misguided pride prompted the family to refuse all offers of help

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Effect and prompt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Effect" instead a verb "Prompt".

special	special effect	special prompt
exact	exact effect	exact prompt
normal	normal effect	normal prompt
specific	specific effect	specific prompt
Other adjectives: original, single, obvious, little, different.

It has no effect on anything and there's no prompt, leaving it to the player's initiative to try.

Source: Video Game / Max Payne
In Mass Effect 2, it's possible to prompt Mordin Solus into revealing a love of musicals and have him burst into a variation of the Major General Song.

Source: The Cast Showoff
In Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age games, attacks that are nullified through enemy immunity (or damage reduction) don't produce special sounds but prompt the party members to loudly comment that their attacks have no effect.

Source: Sound of No Damage