Cause and Matter

Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Matter and cause are semantically related. in agent topic. In some cases you can use "Matter" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Matter noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Cause and matter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Matter".

Nearby Words: mattered, mattery, mattering

good	good cause	good matter
physical	physical cause	physical matter
particular	particular cause	particular matter
actual	actual cause	actual matter
Other adjectives: entire, real, great, serious, little, main, new, different, biological.

Photon torpedoes are projectile weapons that rely on a matter/anti-matter reaction to cause damage.

Source: Artistic License Physics
Catch Phrase: Upgrade (A Brymar College Course) gets one: Upgrade your gray matter, 'cause one day it may matter!

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Similar to Bart, Family Guy's Peter Griffin will cause random shenanigans just for a quick giggle, no matter what the outcome of it is.

Source: It Amused Me

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