causal relationship
One thing causes another
A causal relationship exists when one thing directly produces or influences another—when A causes B rather than merely coinciding with it.
The phrase appears frequently in scientific, legal, and philosophical contexts where distinguishing genuine cause from correlation matters: The study established a causal relationship between smoking and lung cancer.
Proving causation typically requires more than showing two things occur together.
- effectResult of a cause
- consequenceResult of an action
- triggerWhat initiates action
- outcomeFinal result of events
- linkageConnected system of parts
chain · chain reaction · domino · domino effect · ripple · ripple effect · butterfly effect · knock on · influence · impact · connection · dependency · antecedent · result · therefore · if then · spark · catalyst
causal relationshipcorrelation
Statistical relationship measure
coincidence · covariation · concomitance · co-occurrence · association
causal relationshiprandom chance
Uncontrolled probability
happenstance · accident · randomness · chance occurrence · fluke
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