The difference between Affect and Feign
When used as verbs, affect means to influence or alter, whereas feign means to make a false show or pretence of.
Affect is also noun with the meaning: one's mood or inclination.
check bellow for the other definitions of Affect and Feign
-
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."
-
Affect as a verb (transitive):
To move to emotion.
Examples:
"He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play."
-
Affect as a verb (transitive):
Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
Examples:
"Hepatitis affects the liver."
-
Affect as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To dispose or incline.
-
Affect as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To tend to by affinity or disposition.
-
Affect as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To assign; to appoint.
-
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."
-
Affect as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To aim for, to try to obtain.
-
Affect as a verb (transitive, now, _, rare):
To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
-
Affect as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
-
Affect as a noun (obsolete):
One's mood or inclination; mental state.
-
Affect as a noun (obsolete):
A desire, an appetite.
-
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.
-
Feign as a verb:
To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
Examples:
"The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam."
"They feigned her signature on the cheque."
-
Feign as a verb:
To imagine; to invent; to pretend.
Examples:
"He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time."
-
Feign as a verb:
To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.
-
Feign as a verb:
To hide or conceal.
Examples:
"Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework."