Affected vs External - What's the difference?
affected | external | Related terms |
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)
Outside of something; on the exterior.
* Milton
* Shakespeare
Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
* Trench
Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations.
(anatomy) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
Affected is a related term of external.
As adjectives the difference between affected and external
is that affected is influenced or changed by something while external is outside of something; on the exterior.As a noun affected
is someone , as by a disease.As a verb affected
is (affect).affected
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.
See also
* effectedexternal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This building has some external pipework.
- Of all external things, / She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.
- Her virtues graced with external gifts.
- The external circumstances are greatly different.
- external''' trade or commerce; the '''external relations of a state or kingdom