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Affection vs. Attraction

Affection and Attraction Definitions

Affection

A tender feeling toward another; fondness.

Attraction

The act or capability of attracting.

Affection

Often affections Feeling or emotion
An unbalanced state of affections.

Attraction

The quality of attracting; charm.

Affection

A disposition to feel, do, or say; a propensity.

Attraction

A feature or characteristic that attracts.
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Affection

(Obsolete) Prejudice; partiality.

Attraction

A person, place, thing, or event that is intended to attract
The main attraction was a Charlie Chaplin film.

Affection

The act of affecting or acting upon.

Attraction

A force exerted between bodies that tends to draw or hold them together, such as gravitational force or the electric or magnetic force between bodies of opposite polarity.

Affection

The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.

Attraction

The tendency to attract.
The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.
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Affection

An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.

Attraction

The feeling of being attracted.
I felt a strange attraction towards the place.

Affection

An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.

Attraction

(countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
The new mall should be a major attraction.
Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.

Affection

A feeling of love or strong attachment.
I have a lot of affection for my little sister.
The marriage therapist suggested they show each other more affection.

Attraction

(chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
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Affection

A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.

Attraction

(linguistics) An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

Affection

To feel affection for.

Attraction

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

Affection

The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

Attraction

The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.

Affection

An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.
And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less,An old and strange affection of the house.

Attraction

The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.

Affection

Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind, when impressed by any object or quality.

Attraction

That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.

Affection

A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; - often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
All his affections are set on his own country.

Attraction

The force by which one object attracts another

Affection

Prejudice; bias.

Attraction

An entertainment that is offered to the public

Affection

Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.

Attraction

The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts;
Her personality held a strange attraction for him

Affection

The lively representation of any emotion.

Attraction

A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;
Flowers are an attractor for bees

Affection

Affectation.

Attraction

An entertainer who attracts large audiences;
He was the biggest drawing card they had

Affection

Passion; violent emotion.
Most wretched man,That to affections does the bridle lend.

Affection

A positive feeling of liking;
He had trouble expressing the affection he felt
The child won everyone's heart

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