Could you tell me how the choice of what or how affects its meaning?
1: Tell me what you feel.
2: Tell me how you feel.
I think "what" here suggests the speaker expects a formal or objective opinion about something, and "how" seems to suggest the speaker wants to know how the thing is making him/her feel.
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I think "what" here suggests the speaker expects a formal or objective opinion about something, and "how" seems to suggest the speaker wants to know how the thing is making him/her feel.