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Touching vs Affecting - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between touching and affecting

is that touching is present participle of lang=en while affecting is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between touching and affecting

is that touching is provoking sadness and pity while affecting is producing strong feelings and emotions.

As a noun touching

is the act by which something is touched.

touching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Provoking sadness and pity.
    • a touching story

    Synonyms

    * emotional, moving, sad

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is touched.
  • * 2011 , Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
    • But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings , and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.

    Anagrams

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    affecting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Producing strong feelings and emotions.

    • Verb

    (head)