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.
Legal Definition of essence. 1  1 : the real or ultimate nature of a thing : the properties that make a thing what it is his award is legitimate only so long as it draws its essence from the collective bargaining agreement â United Steel Workers v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp., 363 U.S. 593 (1960) â see also essence test.