tense vs affect

affect vs tense

tense and affect both are nouns.

tense is an adjective but affect is not an adjective.

tense and affect both are verbs.

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

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

tense: cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
affect: act physically on; have an effect upon

tense (noun)	affect (noun)
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time	the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

tense (adjective)	affect (adjective)
taut or rigid; stretched tight
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

tense (verb)	affect (verb)
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious	act physically on; have an effect upon
become tense, nervous, or uneasy	have an effect upon
increase the tension on	make believe with the intent to deceive
become stretched or tense or taut	have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	connect closely and often incriminatingly

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