Causation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.
Example sentence: Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on.
Causing
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To set off an event or action.
Example sentence: As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America's energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged or destroyed causing gas prices to soar.