Consequence vs Fame - What's the difference?
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That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
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A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
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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.
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, title= To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.
* 1998 , Terry M. Levy, Michael Orlans, Attachment, trauma, and healing
* 2001 , Betty Bedard-Bidwell, Hand in Hand (page 117)
What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.
* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) , Book 1, ll. 651-4:
* 2012 , Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex , Penguin 2013, p. 23:
One's reputation.
The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.
* (William Shakespeare)
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, passage=I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.}}
To make (someone or something) famous.
Consequence is a related term of fame.
As a noun consequence
is consequence.As an adjective fame is
(in combination ) having a specified reputation.consequence
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
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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 * repercussionSee also
* causality * effect * impactVerb
(consequenc)- 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.
- 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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English
Noun
(-)- There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour […].
- If the accused could produce a specified number of honest neighbours to swear publicly that the suspicion was unfounded, and if no one else came forward to contradict them convincingly, the charge was dropped: otherwise the common fame was held to be true.
- I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.