Affect, influence, touch, impress, strike and sway are more or less closely synonymous when they mean to produce or to have an effect upon a person or upon a thing capable of a reaction.
Category: Synonyms
Affair vs Business vs Concern vs Matter vs Thing
Affair, business, concern, matter and thing come into comparison only when they are little more than vague or general terms meaning something done or dealt with.
Aesthete vs Dilettante vs Connoisseur
Aesthete, dilettante and connoisseur all designate a person conspicuous for his enjoyment and appreciation of the beautiful, the exquisite, or the choice.
Aeronautics vs Aviation
Aeronautics and aviation have to do with the operation of aircraft.
Aerate vs Ventilate vs Oxygenate vs Carbonate
Aerate is the general term and interchangeable in certain phrases with any of the others; the last three are specific terms which are not freely interchangeable with each other. Aerate means to supply or impregnate with air or to expose to the action of air. It frequently implies a mechanical process.
Advice vs Counsel
Advice, counsel and their corresponding verbs advise, counsel denote recommendation or to make a recommendation as to a decision or a course of conduct.
Advert vs Revert
Advert and Revert are sometimes confused because of a similar basic meaning when they are used in reference to discourse or contemplation.
Adverse vs Averse
Adverse and Averse are in origin and in common use contrasted rather than synonymous terms, though they are occasionally used as though similar in meaning.
Adverse vs Antagonistic vs Counter vs Counteractive
Adverse, Antagonistic, Counter and Counteractive all mean so opposed as to cause interference, often harmful or fatal interference. All four may be applied to one thing that comes into conflict with another.
Adventurous vs Venturesome vs Daring vs Daredevil vs Rash vs Reckless vs Foolhardy
Adventurous, Venturesome, Daring, Daredevil, Rash, Reckless and Foolhardy denote in common courting danger or exposing oneself to danger in a greater degree than is required for courage.
Adventure vs Enterprise vs Quest
Adventure, Enterprise and Quest denote an undertaking, an exploit, or an experience involving hazards and requiring boldness.
Advantage vs Handicap vs Allowance vs Odds vs Edge
Advantage, Handicap, Allowance, Odds and Edge denote a factor or set of factors in a competition or rivalry giving one person or side a position of superiority over the other.