Affection vs. Attraction

A tender feeling toward another; fondness.

The act or capability of attracting.

Often affections Feeling or emotion

The quality of attracting; charm.

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

A feature or characteristic that attracts.

(Obsolete) Prejudice; partiality.

A person, place, thing, or event that is intended to attract

The act of affecting or acting upon.

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.

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.

The tendency to attract.

An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.

The feeling of being attracted.

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

(countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.

A feeling of love or strong attachment.

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

A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.

(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.

To feel affection for.

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.

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

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

An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.

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

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.

That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.

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.

The force by which one object attracts another

Prejudice; bias.

An entertainment that is offered to the public

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

The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts;

The lively representation of any emotion.

A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;

Affectation.

An entertainer who attracts large audiences;

Passion; violent emotion.

A positive feeling of liking;