Affected vs Specious - What's the difference?
affected | specious |
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)
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
*1776 , Thomas Paine,
*:I have frequently amused myself both in public and private companies, with silently remarking, the specious errors of those who speak without reflecting.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
(obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
As adjectives the difference between affected and specious
is that affected is influenced or changed by something while specious is seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.As a noun affected
is someone affected, as by a disease.As a verb affected
is past tense of 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
* effectedspecious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious , however good it may sound.