In a sexual affair you are sexually active with the person. In a emotional affair u like the person and think about them alot. I think they both can be hurtful

I think an emotional affair is worse because obviously there are feeling involved sometimes people ( i don’t know how) can give up sex and it doesn’t mean anything to them apart from the fact that they had a good time.
Whenever emotions are involved in a situation a flighty or insecure as an affair bad things are always going to come of it.

to me, an emotional affair is way more hurtful and serious than a sexual one.
when you’re in an emotional one, you’ve given all your love and thought into it. but a sexual one, not so much.
someone ends up in one by not having enough attention or needing more from their current partner, so they stray, but not for sex.

Basically a sexual affair would mean you’re just doing it for the sex.
Probally a one-night-stand thing, behind your partners back. It doesn’t usually last long, and you basically don’t hold any feelings for that person.
An emotional affair would mean you’re in love with another person, who isn’t the person you’re with. And it’s because you genuinly like them, not because they’re pretty or good in bed and stuff.
I guess it’d be more devastating to be cheated on in an emotional one, but all types of cheating are bad. If someone realises that they’re having an emotional affair it would mean that they should leave the person they’re with because they are not in love with them anymore.
Hope this answered your question. Any reason for the asking? =) X