Involved vs Affected - What's the difference?
involved | affected |
Complicated.
* 1915 ,
Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
Having an affair with someone.
(involve)
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)
As adjectives the difference between involved and affected
is that involved is complicated while affected is influenced or changed by something.As verbs the difference between involved and affected
is that involved is past tense of involve while affected is past tense of affect.As a noun affected is
someone affected, as by a disease.involved
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
- Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
- He was involved in the project for three years.
- He got involved in a bar fight.
- When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved .
Verb
(head)- The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.
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.