Repercussion vs Loss - What's the difference?
repercussion | loss |
A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
* Hare
(music) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
(medicine) The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
(obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
(Webster 1913)
an instance of losing, such as a defeat
The result of an alteration in a function or characteristic of the body, or of its previous integrity.
the hurtful condition of having lost something or someone
(in the plural) casualties, especially physically eliminated victims of violent conflict
(financial) the sum an entity loses on balance
destruction, ruin
(engineering) electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work
As nouns the difference between repercussion and loss
is that repercussion is a consequence or ensuing result of some action while loss is an instance of losing, such as a defeat.repercussion
English
Noun
(en noun)- You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions .
- the repercussion of sound
- Ever echoing back in endless repercussion .
- (Dunglison)
Synonyms
* (consequence) aftereffect * (consequence) consequenceloss
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(es)- The match ended in their first loss of the season.
- Loss of an arm ; loss of weight ; loss of cognitive functions ; loss of appetite.
- We mourn his loss .
- The battle was won, but losses were great.
- ''The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss , when this difference is positive.
- ''It was a terrible crash: both cars were total losses
- The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss''' before the subsequent ' losses during transport over the grid