Effect vs Brand - What's the difference?

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Effect is a related term of brand.

As a noun effect

is the result or outcome of a cause see below .

As a verb effect

is to make or bring about; to implement.

As an adjective brand is

burnt, branded.

effect

English

(wikipedia effect)

Noun

The result or outcome of a cause. See below.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect , and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}

Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

* J. C. Shairp

patchwork introduced for oratorical effect

* Washington Irving

The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.

(filmology) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")

(sound engineering) An alteration in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.

(sound engineering) A device for producing an alteration in sound produced by an instrument.

Execution; performance; realization; operation.

* Shakespeare

That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between / The effect and it.

# (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.

A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.

(usually plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.

Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to .

* Bible, Chron. xxxiv. 22

They spake to her to that effect .

(obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

* Denham

no other in effect than what it seems

(obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.

* Shakespeare

All the large effects / That troop with majesty.

Usage notes

The words “affect” and “effect'” can both be used as nouns or verbs, but when used as a noun the word affect is limited to uses in the psychology field, and the above definitions for ' effect are much more common. See also the usage notes as a verb below. Adjectives often applied to "effect": * biological, chemical, cultural, economic, legal, mental, moral, nutritional, personal, physical, physiological, political and social * actual, bad, beneficial, catastrophic, deleterious, disastrous, devastating, fatal, good, harmful, important, intended, likely, natural, negative, positive, potential, primary, real, secondary, significant, special, strong, undesirable and weak

Derived terms

(noun phrases using effect) * after-effect, aftereffect * butterfly effect * domino effect * Doppler effect * greenhouse effect * in effect * knock-on effect * Nader effect * personal effects * ripple effect * side effect * snowball effect * special effect * sound effect * spoiler effect

Verb

(en verb)

To make or bring about; to implement.

The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.

Usage notes

Effect' is often confused with “' affect ”. The latter is used to convey the influence over existing ideas, emotions and entities; the former indicates the manifestation of new or original ideas or entities: * “...new governing coalitions have effected major changes” indicates that major changes were made as a result of new governing coalitions. * “...new governing coalitions have affected major changes” indicates that before new governing coalitions, major changes were in place, and that the new governing coalitions had some influence over these existing changes.

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brand

English

(wikipedia brand)

Noun

(en noun)

A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.

* Palfrey

Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.

(archaic) A sword.

* (John Milton)

Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand .

(Tennyson)

A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle, or to classify the contents of a cask.

A branding iron.

A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.

A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.

Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.

* '>citation

The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand name, or of a person.

Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.

Synonyms

* trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name * (reputation) repute, name, good name

Derived terms

* brand awareness * brand equity * brand image * brand linkage * brand name * brand parity * brand stretch * branding * branding moment * own brand

Verb

(en verb)

To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.

:When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.

To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.

:The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.

To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.

:Her face is branded upon my memory.

To stigmatize, label (someone).

:He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.

*:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

, title= Man Utd 1-6 Man City , passage=As Ferguson strode briskly towards the Stretford End at the final whistle, he will have been reflecting on the extent of the challenge now facing him from the club he once branded "noisy neighbours".}}

(marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.

:They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.

Adjective

(-)

(advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.

That computer company has brand recognition.

Have we settled on our brand name?