Affect
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Emotion. External display of emotion or mood.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To influence or alter. To move to emotion. Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). To aim for, to try to obtain. To feel affection for; to like, be fond of. To make a false display of.
Example sentence: Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Impress
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To affect (someone) strongly and often favourablyTo produce a vivid impression of (something)To mark or stamp (something) using pressureTo compel (someone) to serve in a military forceTo seize or confiscate (property) by forceTo make an impression, to be impressive
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of impressingAn impression, and impressed image or copy of somethingA stamp or seal used to make an impressionAn impression on the mind, imagination etc.
Example sentence: I would rather impress you with my storytelling than with the size of my waist and my hips.