Cause
Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War
Resultant
Resultant noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: a person's decision to purchase a certain automobile is often the resultant of an array of factors, ranging from the actual performance of the vehicle to the buyer's self-image
Both words in one sentence
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Over Heating can cause a variety of stupid deaths, like a new pilot simultaneously firing his Jump Jet Pack and a barrage of lasers, with the resultant the heat cooking his reactor, melting his arms off, and then blowing up his gauss rifle.
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Upon reaching the final generic monster of said rank, breeding again with almost anything will cause the resultant child to be a generic monster of the next highest rank, all the way up to Rank A (there are no generic rank S monsters).
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