Cause
Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War
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
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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There's a few rare instances in the LEGO Adaptation Game series where solving a puzzle will cause a disco sequence to start.
Source: Gratuitous Disco Sequence -
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.
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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.
Source: Epileptic Flashing Lights
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Sequence and Cause. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/sequence
Cause & Sequence. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/sequence>.
Sequence or Cause. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/sequence.
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