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Affected vs Modulate - What's the difference?

affected | modulate |

As verbs the difference between affected and modulate

is that affected is (affect) while modulate is to regulate, adjust or adapt.

As an adjective affected

is influenced or changed by something.

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

    modulate

    English

    Verb

    (modulat)
  • To regulate, adjust or adapt
  • To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
  • (electronics) to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music)
  • (music) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression
  • Derived terms

    * amplitude modulation, AM * frequency modulation, FM * phase modulation