Effect
Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: better health is always one of the effects of improved hygiene
Factor
Factor noun - A person who acts or does business for another.
How words are described
| good | good effect | good factor |
| common | common effect | common factor |
| single | single effect | single factor |
| obvious | obvious effect | obvious factor |
| Other adjectives: powerful, actual, real, huge, cool, main, major, psychological, possible, minor, secondary, extra, additional, significant, greater, random, maximum, added, creepy. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In the mission briefing, the advancing fire is explicitly NOT the supernova shockwave proper, but is instead explained as a side effect of the impending explosion of the sun, specifically, a side effect of the sun suddenly increasing its output by a factor of six.
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Healing Factor: The effect of the Wendigo, but with the side effect of Horror Hunger.
Source: Film / Ravenous -
All the horrors the game has to offer that were locked away in lesser difficulty levels due to complaints of game's fear factor are in full effect here.
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