Attendant vs Consequent - What's the difference?
attendant | consequent | Synonyms |
One who attends; one who works with or watches something.
Going with; associated; concomitant.
* Sir Walter Scott
(legal) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
Of or pertaining to consequences.
(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
An event which follows another.
* Sir J. Davies
(math) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b'' in the ratio ''a:b , the other being the antecedent.
In lang=en terms the difference between attendant and consequent
is that attendant is depending on, or owing duty or service to while consequent is the second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.As nouns the difference between attendant and consequent
is that attendant is one who attends; one who works with or watches something while consequent is the second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q..As adjectives the difference between attendant and consequent
is that attendant is going with; associated; concomitant while consequent is following as a result, inference, or natural effect.attendant
English
Alternative forms
* attendaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
Adjective
(en adjective)- They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
- The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
- the widow attendant to the heir
- (Cowell)
See also
* part and parcel ----consequent
English
(wikipedia consequent)Adjective
(-)- His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
Coordinate terms
* antecedentReferences
*Noun
(en noun)- They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.