Account for
Account for verb - To give the reason for or cause of.
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Result in and account for are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Result in" instead a verb "Account for".
Result in
Result in verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Account for and result in are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Account for" instead a verb "Result in".
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This can still result in strange cases involving toxins with non-damaging side effects: nausea gas is less likely to affect a hulking troll than a wispy human, but if it does, they both suffer the same penalties for the same duration, with no in-between to account for the troll's mass.
Source: Tabletop Game / Shadowrun
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