Cause
Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War
Consequence
Consequence noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: the flood was an inevitable consequence of the prolonged, heavy rains
How words are described
| particular | particular cause | particular consequence |
| usual | usual cause | usual consequence |
| common | common cause | common consequence |
| natural | natural cause | natural consequence |
| Other adjectives: specific, direct, single, likely, obvious, real, great, serious, little, bad, main, supernatural, ultimate, major, immediate, frequent, political, probable, possible, apparent, indirect. | ||
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Consequence and Cause. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/consequence
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