aftereffect vs effect

aftereffect and effect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aftereffect	Yes	No	No	No
effect	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, effect is a hypernym of aftereffect; that is, effect is a word with a broader meaning than aftereffect:

Other hypernyms of aftereffect include consequence, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot.

As nouns, effect is a hypernym of aftereffect; that is, effect is a word with a broader meaning than aftereffect:

aftereffect (noun)	effect (noun)
any result that follows its cause after an interval	an outward appearance
a delayed effect of a drug or therapy	(of a law) having legal validity
	an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
	the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
	a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
	a symptom caused by an illness or a drug

aftereffect (verb)	effect (verb)
	produce
	act so as to bring into existence