Consequence
Consequence noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Impact and consequence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impact" instead a noun "Consequence".
Impact
Impact noun - The power to bring about a result on another.
Usage example: the execution had such a powerful impact on her that she became a crusader for the abolition of capital punishment
Consequence and impact are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Consequence" instead a noun "Impact".
Nearby Words: impacted, impacting, impactless
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- reaction and consequence
- reaction and impact
- mark and consequence
- mark and impact
- power and consequence
- power and impact
- force and consequence
- force and impact
- significance and consequence
- significance and impact
- effect and consequence
- effect and impact
- influence and consequence
- influence and impact
How words are described
| natural | natural consequence | natural impact |
| direct | direct consequence | direct impact |
| single | single consequence | single impact |
| small | small consequence | small impact |
| Other adjectives: real, great, serious, huge, little, potential, lasting, major, immediate, minor, apparent, negative, further, resulting, devastating. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The impact sends Wade through the windshield as a consequence.
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While this sounds impossible, it's a consequence of Second Impact shifting the planet's axis, eliminating the Antarctic icecap continent and screwing up every weather pattern.
Source: Heat Wave - Blade Runner popularised a number of sci-fi conventions, and as a consequence, the impact can be somewhat lost on audiences who have already seen the many imitators and their intellectual androids, ugly dystopias, and drunken future cops.
Source: Seinfeld Is Unfunny / Film
Cite this Source
Impact and Consequence. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/consequence/impact
Consequence & Impact. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/consequence/impact>.
Impact or Consequence. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/consequence/impact.
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