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Causality vs Causation - What's the difference?

causality | causation |

As nouns the difference between causality and causation

is that causality is the agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect while causation is the act of causing.

causality

English

(wikipedia causality)

Noun

(causalities)
  • The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

    • Related terms

    * causal

    References

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    causation

    English

    Noun

  • The act of causing.
  • The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
  • * Whewell
    • the kind of causation by which vision is produced

    Derived terms

    * causational

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