Cause
Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Stem from
Both terms in one sentence
- While it is impossible to pin down a single cause of depression, there are many diagnosable symptoms that almost entirely stem from widespread changes in brain activity.
Source: Useful Notes / Suicide - His misogyny may very well stem from his hatred of his mother, who abandoned him and Gil because of his heterochromia, and Miranda Barma, who lied to him about how he could save his brother and then used him to cause the Tragedy of Sablier, a betrayal which still traumatizes him.
Source: He-Man Woman Hater -
It may also stem from the fact that a typical yo-yo user (a small child) can, and sometimes will, cause major harm to anyone in the yo-yo's vicinity, without the need of any magic or special training at all.
Source: Killer Yo-Yo
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