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Reacted vs Affected - What's the difference?

reacted | affected |

As verbs the difference between reacted and affected

is that reacted is (react) while affected is (affect).

As an adjective affected is

influenced or changed by something.

As a noun affected is

someone , as by a disease.

reacted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (react)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    react

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.
    • to react''' a play; the same scenes were '''reacted at Rome
  • To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
  • To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.

    • Derived terms

    * reactive * reactor

    Related terms

    * interreact, interreaction

    Anagrams

    *

    affected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • influenced or changed by something
    • The affected compass was impossible to use, so we got lost.
  • simulated in order to impress
    • He spoke with an affected English accent.
  • Emotionally moved; touched.
  • (algebra, archaic) adfected
    • an affected equation
  • Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation

    • See also

    * affectation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone , as by a disease.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (affect)
    • The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.

    See also

    * effected