cramp vs affect

affect vs cramp

cramp and affect both are nouns.

cramp and affect both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cramp	Yes	No	Yes	No
affect	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, affect is a hypernym of cramp; that is, affect is a word with a broader meaning than cramp:

cramp: affect with or as if with a cramp
affect: act physically on; have an effect upon

cramp (noun)	affect (noun)
a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together	the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

cramp (verb)	affect (verb)
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle	act physically on; have an effect upon
affect with or as if with a cramp	have an effect upon
prevent the progress or free movement of	make believe with the intent to deceive
secure with a cramp	have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	connect closely and often incriminatingly

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