Cause and Origin

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Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War
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Origin is a synonym for cause in agent topic. In some cases you can use "Origin" instead a noun "Cause", when it comes to topics like source, primal source.
Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Origin

Origin noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.
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Cause is a synonym for origin in root topic. You can use "Cause" instead a noun "Origin", if it concerns topics such as source, primal source.
Nearby Words: original, originality, origination, originated, originally

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known known cause known origin
human human cause human origin
clear clear cause clear origin
exact exact cause exact origin
Other adjectives: common, natural, original, true, proper, single, likely, actual, real, supernatural, ultimate, new, possible, apparent, official, unknown, different.

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  • The Symbiote In Infected (the novel), the parasites are extra-terrestrial in origin and cause the growth of a new consciousness that encourages the host to kill and maim as much as possible.
    Source: The Symbiote
  • Video Game / Roblox Going too far from the origin of the coordinate system (there is no limit) will cause floating-point errors and will cause visual distortion and other nasty effects, even crashes in some situations.
    Source: Video Game / Roblox
  • Video Game / Hitman: Codename 47 His origin is cause for significant strife later in his life, but he's never all that choked up over it — he just kills everyone.
    Source: Video Game / Hitman: Codename 47
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