hit home vs affect

hit home is not a noun while affect is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hit home	No	No	Yes	No
affect	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of hit home include impress, move, strike.

hit home (noun)	affect (noun)
	the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

hit home (verb)	affect (verb)
refer to or be relevant or familiar to	act physically on; have an effect upon
	have an effect upon
	make believe with the intent to deceive
	have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	connect closely and often incriminatingly