Effect and Offshoot

Effect

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

Usage example: better health is always one of the effects of improved hygiene

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Offshoot and effect are semantically related In some cases you can use "Offshoot" instead a noun "Effect".

Offshoot noun - A natural consequence of development.

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Effect and offshoot are semantically related in outcome topic. Sometimes you can use "Effect" instead a noun "Offshoot".

good	good effect	good offshoot
similar	similar effect	similar offshoot
normal	normal effect	normal offshoot
common	common effect	common offshoot
Other adjectives: direct, original, actual, little, significant, different, comic, unintended.

An offshoot of the Eandi, the Mettai practice Blood Magic which is activated by shedding one's own blood, mixing it with soil, and then speaking a short incantation to produce the desired effect.

Source: Witch Species
Most notable are The Parafaith War and The Ethos Effect, with the predominantly Caucasian "Revenants of the Prophet", which evolved out of a merging of Mormons and a white Muslim offshoot sect.

Source: Cult Colony
In Mass Effect 2, it's revealed that the geth from the first games are actually a heretical offshoot of the main collective.

Source: Ridiculously Human Robots / Video Games

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