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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Affection

'Affection' is closer to meaning 'attachment' or 'love'?
  

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Your question is not easy to answer, so this is just my opinion: 'Affection' is very closely related to love but does not necessarily suggest 'attachment'. Some people might say that affection means the same as love. But I would use 'affection' in circumstances where the word 'love' may seem too strong.

  • Your question is not easy to answer, so this is just my opinion: 'Affection' is very closely related to love but does not necessarily suggest 'attachment'.
  • Some people might say that affection means the same as love.
  • But I would use 'affection' in circumstances where the word 'love' may seem too strong.
  • For example, if I want to express a more cautious emotion at the end of a letter, then I would write 'with affection' rather than 'with love'.
  • But in short, I would say that 'affection' more closely means 'love'.
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Your question is not easy to answer, so this is just my opinion:

'Affection' is very closely related to love but does not necessarily suggest 'attachment'. Some people might say that affection means the same as love. But I would use 'affection' in circumstances where the word 'love' may seem too strong. For example, if I want to express a more cautious emotion at the end of a letter,

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