Affectation vs Affected - What's the difference?
affectation | affected |
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
:* {{quote-book, year=1810
, year_published=2009
, edition=Digitized
, editor=
, author=Dr. Samuel Johnson
, title=The Works of the English Poets
, chapter=Life of Gower
An unusual mannerism.
influenced or changed by something
simulated in order to impress
Emotionally moved; touched.
(algebra, archaic) adfected
Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation
(affect)
As nouns the difference between affectation and affected
is that affectation is an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show while affected is someone affected, as by a disease.As an adjective affected is
influenced or changed by something.As a verb affected is
past tense of affect.affectation
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page= , passage=This poem is strongly tinctured with those pedantic affectations concerning the passion of love ... }}
Synonyms
* (unusual mannerism) eccentricity, mannerismaffected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The affected compass was impossible to use, so we got lost.
- He spoke with an affected English accent.
- an affected equation
See also
* affectationVerb
(head)- The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.