Is Emotional Affairs Also Regarded As An Affair

Private this, private that, What is the difference between  emotional affair and a full  affair, I did ask a few  men and women 90% of women replies , were  'there is nothing like emotional affair when sex is not involved it is not an affair, they argued that it only becomes an affair when sex is involved'
 After the initial question with the  men and women, and their replies and answers, I asked them, if their husband or wives  has a female or male friend, he or she  takes out for a Private dates, sharing loving nothing, sharing intimate thoughts with them, always visiting, always calling the other woman or the other man, what