Affect is your outward expression of emotions and mood. It refers to how others think you feel as evidenced by your behaviors, like crying or laughing. On the other hand, mood is how you actually feel and is internal. A person's affect is not always congruent with their mood.
Essence, a 48-year-old monthly lifestyle magazine, has a majority-black readership. The magazine focuses on fashion, pop culture, music and black life. It also holds an annual music festival, which was headlined last year by Diana Ross, Mary J. Blige and Chance the Rapper.
Definition of essence for English Language Learners. : 1  the basic nature of a thing : the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is. : 2  a substance that contains in very strong form the special qualities (such as the taste and smell) of the thing from which it is taken.