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Affectional vs Affectual - What's the difference?

affectional | affectual |

As adjectives the difference between affectional and affectual

is that affectional is pertaining to the affections; affective; emotive; characterized by emotion while affectual is (obsolete) pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.

affectional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the affections; affective; emotive; characterized by emotion.

    • Derived terms

    * affectionally

    affectual

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.
  • * Caxton
  • *:God hath beholden your affectuall devocyon fro heaven.
  • * Rev. T. Adams
  • *:Lust not only affectual , but actual, is dispensed with.

    • Synonyms

    *emotional *affectional *earnest

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