Affection and love,can this be discerned?.
 In my view  affection is more generalized term while love is specific.With affection ,you can place your first brick to build your temple  for your lover..affection comes out of adoration and it can vane when the the adorable object/person loses his specialty., where as love has emotion in its quilt.Love arrow is aimed after preliminary efforts  like first initiative etc.Love is innate in abode and it has no referral from outside.Affection is wherever you search for  and is a first step to love.