affective vs effective
Definitions
adjective
- characterized by emotion
Examples
Other examples of affective lability can be found in women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.
He'd like "happiness" to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit "Major affective disorder, pleasant type".
From that moment, he anchors his existence in the hopeless need to share an affective contiguity with this random female acquaintance by changing the time of every clock and watch he encounters to Paris time.
Definitions
adjective
- ready for service
- works well as a means or remedy
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
Examples
Particulates and dust in Earth's atmosphere along the line of sight tend to absorb blue light more effectively than red light.
Swiss counter-intelligence was very effective, too, and 387 spies, mostly Swiss but including 100 Germans, were captured and brought to trial of whom 17 were executed.
The pump is capable of producing 1400 litres per hour at 16 rpm from a depth of 40 metres and is effective up to a depth of 100 metres.
