Consequence
Consequence noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: the flood was an inevitable consequence of the prolonged, heavy rains
Development is a synonym for consequence. In some cases you can use "Development" instead a noun "Consequence".
Development
Development noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: a development that the writers of the law never anticipated or intended
Consequence is a synonym for development. Sometimes you can use "Consequence" instead a noun "Development".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- event and consequence
- event and development
- corollary and consequence
- corollary and development
- upshot and consequence
- upshot and development
- sequence and consequence
- sequence and development
- issue and consequence
- issue and development
- result and consequence
- result and development
- effect and consequence
- effect and development
How words are described
| normal | normal consequence | normal development |
| natural | natural consequence | natural development |
| single | single consequence | single development |
| real | real consequence | real development |
| Other adjectives: great, serious, little, main, interesting, important, moral, major, political, unexpected, further, additional, evolutionary. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Ascended Extra: Rosamund "Rosie" Draven, canonically a Normandy crew member of no consequence, gets some lines and development of her own.
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As a direct consequence, a thousand years of total war followed, ending with the development of a planet-killing weapon.
Source: Video Game / Supreme Commander -
A big part of Dave's Character Development lies in realizing he is different from his brother, and can be his own man; he reveals himself Not So Stoic as a consequence.
Source: The Stoic
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