Effect and Intent

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Effect

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Intent is a synonym for effect in sense topic. In some cases you can use "Intent" instead a noun "Effect", when it comes to topics like purpose, matter.

Nearby Words: effective, effectual, effected, effectively, effecting

Intent

Intent noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Effect is a synonym for intent in matter topic. Sometimes you can use "Effect" instead a noun "Intent".

Nearby Words: intention, intentional, intently, intending, intension

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good	good effect	good intent
full	full effect	full intent
exact	exact effect	exact intent
specific	specific effect	specific intent
Other adjectives: direct, original, obvious, powerful, actual, real, little, bad, main, ill, humorous, dramatic, apparent, deadly, lethal, negative, different, opposite, comedic.

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For that matter, The Elder God who appears in the sky doesn't seem to have any intent to destroy reality, he is doing so as a side-effect.

Source: Literature / Joe Golem And The Drowning City
Keep in mind that creating reform has to be the intent of the person to qualify for this Type, if it's just a side-effect of solving some crime then it is not this trope.

Source: Internal Reformist
This effect was not totally intentional, but some accusations of sinister intent flew.

Source: The Theme Park Version

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