Cause
Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War
Development
Development noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: a development that the writers of the law never anticipated or intended
How words are described
| sympathetic | sympathetic cause | sympathetic development |
| human | human cause | human development |
| good | good cause | good development |
| physical | physical cause | physical development |
| Other adjectives: natural, initial, proper, single, actual, entire, real, great, serious, little, main, moral, new, major, political, less, greater, eventual, different. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- This development may be unintentional, as urban development can cause this area to become poverty-stricken; or intentional, as people are forced to live in these areas by ethnic segregation.
Source: Wrong Side of the Tracks -
This is frequently a cause of friction inside the group, and certainly the cause of much interesting character development and actual role-playing.
Source: Token Evil Teammate - Heavy use of narcotics is associated with the development of sociopathy, because the drugs cause brain cell apoptosis (cellular death), causing brain lesions.
Source: Analysis / The Sociopath
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