The difference between "effect" and "affect"

Tricky indeed...

First of all, affect is always a verb. It means to bring on or cause a change, or to cause emotion, to provoke feelings (good or bad). It can also mean to adopt a false characteristic.

Examples:
Many people drive dangerously, but this does not affect me, since I don't even have a car. (Affect means there is no effect to the cause - no r

Also see these threads: Difference Between Effect and Affect?, When to use affect or effect,

Effect:

1. Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result.

2. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance.

Affect:

1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects t

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0 Popular to say, the main difference of "effect" and "affect" is that ,when "effect" is used as a verb, it means accomplish, over and so on, while "affect" means an impression of one thing, and when "effect" is used as a noun, it means an impression of one thing. 0-

i did not understand influence what do you meen by influence