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Affected vs Imprinted - What's the difference?

affected | imprinted |

As adjectives the difference between affected and imprinted

is that affected is influenced or changed by something while imprinted is stamped or impressed.

As verbs the difference between affected and imprinted

is that affected is (affect) while imprinted is (imprint).

As a noun affected

is someone , as by a disease.

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

    imprinted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (imprint)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Stamped or impressed.
  • (genetics) Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 217:
  • *:The inference is that there is an imprinted' gene somewhere on the X chromosome, which is normally switched on only on the paternal copy and that this gene somehow enhances the development of social adjustment [...].