Cause
Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War
Product
Product noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: her relentless ambition is a product of her home environment
How words are described
| known | known cause | known product |
| good | good cause | good product |
| particular | particular cause | particular product |
| natural | natural cause | natural product |
| Other adjectives: specific, original, single, obvious, actual, real, great, bad, main, ultimate, new, major, sole, possible, official, different, medical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- So, if your product is healthy and you know your competitor's product has additives that cause cancer, it's against the law to say this in an advertisement in Germany!
Source: Side-by-Side Demonstration - The product would then cause some kind of death, and a message would flash on screen saying "Only one product kills more than a third of the people who use it. Tobacco."
Source: Commercial Switcheroo - It refers to advertising showing that wanting the product can cause (or sometimes stop) insane situations.
Source: Trope Distinctions / D to F
Cite this Source
Product and Cause. (2016). Retrieved 2026, October 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/product
Cause & Product. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Oct. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/product>.
Product or Cause. 2016. Accessed October 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/product.
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