Generate text that is semantically similar to this text: the effect of one thing ( or person ) on another ;
an influencing _ variable , an influencing _ situation , or an influencing _ entity has an influence on a dependent _ entity , dependent _ variable , or a dependent _ situation. compare to subjective _ influence. words in objective _ influence are used to make claims about correlations in the world , where words in subjective _ influence are used to explain emotional impacts made on cognizers .