To afflict is to cause distress to someone: "The villagers were afflicted with the plague.
To inflict is to impose something unpleasant (such as defeat, punishment, or pain) on someone: We believed that the punishment inflicted on the criminal was appropriate.
Note that, generally speaking, a person is afflicted with something, but a thing is inflicted on someone.
Rod L. Evans, The Artful Nuance: A Refined Guide To Imperfectly Understood Words in the English Language, 2009
To inflict is to impose something unpleasant (such as defeat, punishment, or pain) on someone: We believed that the punishment inflicted on the criminal was appropriate.
Note that, generally speaking, a person is afflicted with something, but a thing is inflicted on someone.
Rod L. Evans, The Artful Nuance: A Refined Guide To Imperfectly Understood Words in the English Language, 2009
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