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Consequence vs Concernment - What's the difference?

consequence | concernment |

As nouns the difference between consequence and concernment

is that consequence is consequence while concernment is (obsolete) the state or quality of being a concern.

consequence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
  • *
    • The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
  • A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Michael Sivak
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply? , passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.}}
  • A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
  • Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
  • Importance with respect to what comes after.
  • The power to influence or produce an effect.
  • (label) Importance, value, or influence.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 2, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
    • , title= Bulgaria 0-3 England , passage=Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence .}}

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "consequence": social, legal, environmental, political, economic, personal, cultural, moral, unintended, undesirable, likely, probable, necessary, logical, natural, important, significant, bad, disastrous, devastating, fatal, catastrophic, harmful.

    Synonyms

    * value * moment * rank * distinction * repercussion

    Related terms

    * consequential

    See also

    * causality * effect * impact

    Verb

    (consequenc)
  • To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.
  • * 1998 , Terry M. Levy, Michael Orlans, Attachment, trauma, and healing
    • The goal of consequencing is to teach the child a lesson that leads to positive choices and behaviors. The goal of punishment is to inflict pain and seek revenge. Angry parenting is punitive and ineffectual.
  • * 2001 , Betty Bedard-Bidwell, Hand in Hand (page 117)
    • These behaviours are not acceptable within a classroom setting and often result in the child being consequenced or removed from class.

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    concernment

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) The state or quality of being a concern
  • *{{quote-news, year=1861, author=, title=Utilitarianism, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Men really ought to leave off talking a kind of nonsense on this subject, which they would neither talk nor listen to on other matters of practical concernment . }}
  • That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.
  • * I. Watts
    • Our everlasting concernments .
  • * Milton
    • To mix with thy concernments I desist.
  • importance; moment; consequence
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Let every action of concernment be begun with prayer.
  • concern; participation; interposition
  • * Clarendon
    • He married a daughter to the earl without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence.
  • emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety
  • * Dryden
    • While they are so eager to destroy the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their concernment .

    Synonyms

    *concern