Aftermath and Fate

Aftermath

Aftermath noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: the surgery was successful, but she now had to deal with its aftermath: a huge bill

Fate and aftermath are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fate" instead a noun "Aftermath".

Fate

Fate noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.
Usage example: the belief that it was this country's fate to extend from sea to sea

Aftermath and fate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aftermath" instead a noun "Fate".

Nearby Words: fated, fateful

How words are described

usual usual aftermath usual fate
common common aftermath common fate
complete complete aftermath complete fate
future future aftermath future fate
Other adjectives: true, painful, brutal, entire, bad, terrible, horrible, grim, possible, final, gruesome, uncertain, apparent, horrifying, subsequent, horrific.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The Dark Knight Rises The Scarecrow's fate is never revealed, though presumably he escaped yet again in the aftermath of all the chaos.
  • Killzone Shadowfall dealt with the aftermath of the ending to Killzone 3, only to leave players hanging about the fate of the cold war.
    Source: Left Hanging
  • Fan Fic / Gensokyo 20XX Fate Worse Than Death: It has been noted at a few points that those that are dead are in a better place because no one would want to be alive during the aftermath of a nuclear war.
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