Cause and Sequence

Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War

Sequence is an antonym for cause.

Sequence

Sequence noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: the attempt to help was a natural sequence to her charitable nature

Cause is an antonym for sequence.

How words are described

exact exact cause exact sequence
particular particular cause particular sequence
usual usual cause usual sequence
specific specific cause specific sequence
Other adjectives: right, original, initial, true, proper, single, actual, entire, big, little, bad, main, key, new, major, different.

Both words in one sentence

  • Gratuitous Disco Sequence There's a few rare instances in the LEGO Adaptation Game series where solving a puzzle will cause a disco sequence to start.
  • Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence aka: Insurmountable Waist High Fence It's completely gone in the Gamecube and Wii games, where attempting to flip over similarly-high fences will cause Link to hit an invisible wall and more effectively prevent sequence breaking.
  • Epileptic Flashing Lights Many YouTube "stars" such as The Angry Video Game Nerd have criticized games and other media for being "seizure inducing", or that watching a certain sequence would cause them to have a seizure.
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