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Aggrieved vs Affected - What's the difference?

aggrieved | affected |

As adjectives the difference between aggrieved and affected

is that aggrieved is angry or resentful due to unjust treatment while affected is influenced or changed by something.

As verbs the difference between aggrieved and affected

is that aggrieved is (aggrieve) while affected is (affect).

As a noun affected is

someone , as by a disease.

aggrieved

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
    • I am aggrieved at the conditions which have been forced upon me.
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    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Steven Fletcher headed in for Wolves late on, who were denied a penalty and what appeared to be a legitimate equaliser in stoppage time.
    Wolves boss Mick McCarthy will rightly be aggrieved by those two decisions. }}
  • (legal) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
    • The aggrieved person may present their petition to the court for review.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (aggrieve)

    • affected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • influenced or changed by something
    • The affected compass was impossible to use, so we got lost.
  • simulated in order to impress
    • He spoke with an affected English accent.
  • Emotionally moved; touched.
  • (algebra, archaic) adfected
    • an affected equation
  • Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation

    • See also

    * affectation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone , as by a disease.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (affect)
    • The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.

    See also

    * effected