attendant. 1  n a person who is present and participates in a meeting. 2  n an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. 3  n someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. 4  adj being present (at meeting or event etc.) attendant members of the congreation.
In simple terms, affect means 'make a difference to', whereas effect means 'a result' or 'bring about a result' here are some excerpts from a dictionary. 1  To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.  To act on the emotions of; touch or move.
It is often preceded by the words a, an, any, the, take, into, and no. (These words may be separated from effect by an adjective.) Affect is almost always a verb. It means to influence and to produce a change such as Alcohol drastically affects decision making.