Causative and Incidental

Causative

Causative adjective - Producing an effect.

Incidental and causative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Incidental" instead an adjective "Causative".

Nearby Words: cause, causation, causal, causality, causer

Incidental

Incidental adjective - Happening by chance.

Causative and incidental are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Causative" instead an adjective "Incidental".

Nearby Words: incident, incidence, incidentally
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