Cause
Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War
Fate
Fate noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: the fate of the presidential election hinged on a few thousand votes in a single state
How words are described
| good | good cause | good fate |
| exact | exact cause | exact fate |
| usual | usual cause | usual fate |
| common | common cause | common fate |
| Other adjectives: specific, original, true, due, likely, actual, entire, real, bad, potential, ultimate, new, frequent, possible, apparent, unknown, eventual, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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While many of the breath attacks cause characters to lose additional life, others may cause them to miss a turn, lose their spells, discard their fate, or anything in between.
Source: Tabletop Game / Talisman -
Always Close: Completing some puzzles long before your time runs out still has you averting fate in this way despite the cause of death not arriving for another minute or so.
Source: Video Game / Ghost Trick -
It's interesting to note that "rök" not only means "fate" but also "development", "cause" and suprisingly "origin".
Source: You Can't Fight Fate
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