Cause and Stimulus

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Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War
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Stimulus is a synonym for cause in reason topic. In some cases you can use "Stimulus" instead a noun "Cause".
Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Stimulus

Stimulus noun - Something that arouses action or activity.
Usage example: seeing a Broadway play for the first time was the stimulus for her career in the theater
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Cause is a synonym for stimulus in provocation topic. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Stimulus".
Nearby Words: stimulate, stimulating, stimulation, stimulant

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physical physical cause physical stimulus
specific specific cause specific stimulus
right right cause right stimulus
direct direct cause direct stimulus
Other adjectives: sufficient, proper, new, immediate, less, external.

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  • "Groundhog Day" Loop The reason it's in the "variant" section is because outside stimulus could cause the loop to edit itself.
    Source: "Groundhog Day" Loop
  • In Mass Effect 3, a salarian angrily wonders if humans being "so deprived of stimulus" is the cause of our apparent fascination with touching things.
    Source: Sense Freak
  • Series / The Addams Family Gomez fit some of the more harmless varieties of the trope; the smallest stimulus would send his mind careening down a new path of speculation, so his attention probably wouldn't be on any one experiment long enough to cause actual harm.
    Source: Series / The Addams Family
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