Cause and Causality

Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War

Causality and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Causality" instead a noun "Cause".

Causality

Causality noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: a supreme being is a being that, by definition, has no causality of its own

Cause and causality are semantically related. You can use "Cause" instead the word "Causality" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: cause, causation, causative, causal, causally
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