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Mood, similar to emotion, is a state of affect. Mood doesnât necessarily have to have a specific stimuli or cause but rather it is as a result of a more diffused and unfocused occurrence. Emotion, however, has a clear cause. Affect also describes the state of feeling or experience of emotion.
In its most common usage, affect is a verb; to affect something is to make an impact on something. In its most common usage, effect is a noun and is usually followed by the preposition on; things have an effect on other things. When used as a verb.