The difference between Affect and Fake
When used as nouns, affect means one's mood or inclination, whereas fake means something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
When used as verbs, affect means to influence or alter, whereas fake means to cheat.
Fake is also adjective with the meaning: not real.
check bellow for the other definitions of Affect and Fake
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Affect as a verb (transitive):
To influence or alter.
Examples:
"The experience affected me deeply."
"The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction."
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Affect as a verb (transitive):
To move to emotion.
Examples:
"He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play."
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Affect as a verb (transitive):
Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
Examples:
"Hepatitis affects the liver."
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Affect as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To dispose or incline.
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Affect as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To tend to by affinity or disposition.
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Affect as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To assign; to appoint.
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Affect as a verb (transitive):
To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
Examples:
"to affect ignorance"
"He managed to affect a smile despite feeling quite miserable."
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Affect as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To aim for, to try to obtain.
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Affect as a verb (transitive, now, _, rare):
To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
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Affect as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
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Affect as a noun (obsolete):
One's mood or inclination; mental state.
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Affect as a noun (obsolete):
A desire, an appetite.
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Affect as a noun (psychology):
A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
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Fake as an adjective:
Not real; false, fraudulent.
Examples:
"Which fur coat looks fake?"
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Fake as an adjective (of people):
Insincere.
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Fake as a noun:
Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
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Fake as a noun:
A trick; a swindle.
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Fake as a noun (sports):
A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
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Fake as a verb:
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
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Fake as a verb (archaic):
To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
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Fake as a verb:
To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
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Fake as a verb:
To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
Examples:
"to fake a marriage"
"to fake happiness"
"to fake a smile"
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Fake as a noun (nautical):
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
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Fake as a verb (nautical):
To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.