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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.
AFFECT is a verb, and means to influence or change.. EFFECT is a noun, and means the result, consequence, or change that is made. The two words are often confused, even moreso because effect can be a verb, rarely but noticeably used, specifically with the word change. If the word is used as an action, you will almost always use affect.