Assertion: affect | /r/ObjectUse | used as noun
Facets:
value: in one particular situation
type: TEMPORAL
value: less frequently
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Less frequently, affect can be used as a noun to describe emotion in a psychological context.
text: Affect can be used as a noun in one particular situation: when referring to a display of emotion.
text: It’s fairly rare to come across “affect” used as a noun: as we saw above, when it is used in this way, it means “mental state”.
text: There are certain situations where effect is used as a verb and situations where affect is used as a noun, but very few people ever have a need to use them thus, so unless you are already confident of your ability to use these words correctly, just treat as general the rule that effect is a noun and affect a verb.