Effect and Intention

Effect

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

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Intention and effect are semantically related. in sense topic. In some cases you can use "Intention" instead a noun "Effect".

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

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Effect and intention are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Effect" with "Intention", this nouns are similar.

good	good effect	good intention
best	best effect	best intention
similar	similar effect	similar intention
specific	specific effect	specific intention
Other adjectives: direct, positive, original, obvious, actual, real, little, bad, main, ill, possible, apparent, different, opposite, written, added, overall, comedic.

Dead Person Impersonation: Subverted in that it turned out to really be Nessa who was tormenting him after her resurrection, but the intention and effect were the same: to break Zero and the other bloggers.

Source: Blog / A Hint of Serendipity
The Arcanopath Monk prestige class, on the other hand, is this in effect AND intention, recieving a host of abilities allowing them to deflect and reflect spells, as well as punching the mage in question so hard they forget how to cast spells at all.

Source: Mage Killer
Abuse didn't seem to be the intention, but the effect was about as soul-crushing as you'd expect.

Source: Hilariously Abusive Childhood

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