Affected vs Touched - What's the difference?
affected | touched |
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)
Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
* 1845 , , Book 4, Chapter 1,
* 1868 , , Part 2, Chapter 42: All Alone,
* 1883 , , Chapter XXI: A Tempest in a Cavern,
Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.
* 1913 , , Part III, Chapter IV,
* 1922 , , Episode 8: The Lestrygonians,
(touch)
Touched is a synonym of affected.
As adjectives the difference between affected and touched
is that affected is influenced or changed by something while touched is emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).As verbs the difference between affected and touched
is that affected is past tense of affect while touched is past tense of touch.As a noun affected
is someone affected, as by a disease.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
* effectedtouched
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "They say her Majesty is more touched about these affairs of the Chartists than anything else," said Mr Egerton.
- “If there is anything good or true in what I write, it isn’t mine. I owe it all to you and Mother and Beth,” said Jo, more touched by her father’s words than by any amount of praise from the world.
- “And you came to save me, Mr. Oliver,” answered Miss Campbell, more touched by the courage of the young man than the dangers which could still happen.
- "Don't you see he is a lunatic, prince?" whispered Evgenie Pavlovitch in his ear. "Someone told me just now that he is a bit touched on the subject of lawyers, that he has a mania for making speeches and intends to pass the examinations. I am expecting a splendid burlesque now."
- All a bit touched . Mad Fanny and his other sister Mrs Dickinson driving about with scarlet harness.