Difference between Outcome and Result

What is the difference between Outcome and Result?

Outcome as a noun is information, event, object or state of being produced as a result or consequence of a plan, process, accident, effort or other similar action or occurrence. while Result as a noun is that which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.

Outcome

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Information, event, object or state of being produced as a result or consequence of a plan, process, accident, effort or other similar action or occurrence. The results or evidence of students' learning experience. Often used in place of desired outcomes. The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.

Result

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To proceed, spring or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effortThe decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.

Example sentence: Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

We hope you now know whether to use Outcome or Result in your sentence.

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