The difference between Affect and Simulate
When used as verbs, affect means to influence or alter, whereas simulate means to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
Affect is also noun with the meaning: one's mood or inclination.
Simulate is also adjective with the meaning: feigned.
check bellow for the other definitions of Affect and Simulate
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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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Simulate as a verb:
To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
Examples:
"We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter."
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Simulate as an adjective (obsolete):
Feigned; pretended.
Examples:
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