Consequent vs Implication - What's the difference?
consequent | implication |
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.
(uncountable) The act of implicating.
(uncountable) The state of being implicated.
(countable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
* 2011 , Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
(countable, logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
As nouns the difference between consequent and implication
is that consequent is the second term in various semantic or logical relationship where the first term is called the while implication is (uncountable) the act of implicating.As an adjective consequent
is acting]] or [[operate|operating in a consistent or logical manner; coherent.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.
Holonyms
* conditional * SeeCoordinate terms
* antecedentimplication
English
Noun
- But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.