Difference between effect and affect?

Choosing between affect and effect can be scary. Think of Edgar Allen Poe and his RAVEN: Remember Affect Verb Effect Noun. You can't affect the creepy poem by reading it, but you can enjoy the effect of a talking bird.

In everyday speech, affect is a verb. It means to influence something, such as in the headline from the Albuquerque News,

Downed Power Line Affects PNM Customers

The downed power line had an impact on some power customers: they were without electricity overnight.

Effect is mostly commonly used as a noun meaning the result or impact of something, an outcome. If there's "a/an/the" in front of it, it's an effect. The second sentence is from a story about the outcome of long-term sleeping trouble,

The Effect of Persistent Sleepiness

Adding to the confusion, effect can also be used as a verb to mean to produce or to cause to come into being. Here's an example that uses it correctly,

A government unable to effect any change is a government that will produce no surprises.

Put another way, a government that can't produce change won't be able to produce surprises; it will be predictable.

Most of the time, you'll want affect as a verb meaning to influence something and effect for the something that was influenced. The difference between affect and effect is so slippery that people have started using "impact" as a verb instead. Don't be one of them! Another trick is to remember that affect comes first alphabetically, and an action (to affect) has to occur before you can have a result (an effect).

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Both can be used a noun or verb.

Effect, as a verb, is a direct action. To 'effect change' is to actually change something. Affect, as a verb, is to influence. "Your words affected me deeply. I was moved to tears," "Head injuries may affect the ability to speak,".

Effect, as a noun. "Cause and effect," In this case, effect is the result of a causal event. An effect can be the result of affecting. In the above example, the words are the causal event (affecting) and the effect is 'moved to tears'. You can affect an effect, but you cannot effect an affect.

Other examples as a noun: "Side effects," "The deceased's personal effects were removed from the crime scene by family under the supervision of police," "The effects of the tornado could be seen for miles."

The use of affect as a noun is much more limited. It is primarily used as a psychology term to describe an emotional state. However, 'affectation' is more commonly used. You can't effect an affect, but you CAN effect an affectation.

Effect is a noun. Affect is a verb. Affect means 'to act upon or have an influence on', as in "Sunless days affect my mood." Effect means 'to bring about or create' as in "to effect a change." If you affect something, you do to it. If you effect something, you cause it to be.

Affect and effect are two English words with very similar meanings, and very similar pronunciations. Though not actually homophones, the sound of the words is similar enough to cause most people confusion.

The word EFFECT is normally a noun meaning a change or result.
"These changes had a positive effect." "What is the effect of population growth?" "Drinking alcohol can have a bad effect on your health."

The word AFFECT is normally a verb meaning to influence or alter.
"These changes may affect your family." "How does population growth affect us?" "Studying should positively affect your grades."

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However, these words can actually be used both as verbs and nouns.

As verbs: The word "affect" means to modify something in some way; to have an impact on something. The word "effect" means cause or bring into existence.
Examples :
Large numbers of sub-prime mortgage can effect a global financial crisis.
(they can create one)
Alcohol use will affect higher brain functions.
(it doesn't cause them; it modifies them)

As nouns: an "effect" can be anything that is caused or modified. It is thus correct to talk about "effects of alcohol" as lower brain function. As a noun, affect (pronounced AFFect) means the outward appearance of a person's mental state,

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According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary:

People often confuse affect and effect. Affect is primarily a verb meaning 'make a difference to'. Effect is used both as a noun and a verb, meaning 'a result' or 'bring about a result'.

Effect Affect Difference

The effect of the storm may be erosion.

Don't let the weather affect you.

EFFECT IS A NOUN AND AFFECT IS A VERB.

Do heart attacks "affect" your health?

The "effect" of having a heart attack is not healthy

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There are four usages:

"Effect" (noun, pronounced eh-FECT) = result. "The effect of eating too much was to make me fat."
"Effect" (verb, pronounced eh-FECT) = to put into action. "We effected several changes in sales procedure at the shop."

"Affect" (noun, pronunced "AFF-ect") = showing emotional reaction. "Being depressed, she lacked affect."
"Affect" (verb, pronounced "uh-FECT") = to influence. "Jupiter affected the orbit of the comet."

effect: a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.

affect: emotion or desire, especially as influencing behavior or action. affect mean feeling / sense

Here's a mnemonic to remember it. Just think of a RAVEN:

Remember
Affect
Verb
Effect
Noun

There are instances where the reverse is correct, but more than 90% of the time, the RAVEN is the answer.

Here are examples:
His crying affected the children. (Affected is a verb)
The effect of the crying was more crying. (Effect is a noun)

As a verb, to affect means 'to act upon or have an influence on', as in "Sunless days affect my mood." It can also mean 'to make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume' as "to affect ignorance." To effect means 'to bring about or create' as in "to effect a change." If you affect something, you do to it. If you effect something, you cause it to be. Advertising might affect the sales of widgets (by causing them to increase), or it can effect sales (bring them about) if, for example, there were no sales at all to begin with. As a noun, effect means 'result, consequence, outcome'. An effect is that which is produced when you affect something: "The poem affected me deeply; it really had an effect on me." Affect as a noun is a term from the field of psychotherapy meaning 'the emotional complex associated with an idea or mental state'. Keep in mind that usually if you want a noun, the word you want is effect, but if you want a verb, the word you want is affect.

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