What is the
difference between Cause and Reason?
What is the difference between Cause and Reason? :
Cause : (noun)
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1 ) That which produces an effect, thing, event, person, etc…make something happen
What was the cause of the fire?
Smoking is one of the causes of heart disease.
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2 ) Aim, principle or movement that is strongly defended or supported
His life was devoted to the cause of justice.
Cause : (verb)
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1 ) Make happen
Be a cause of something
Smoking can cause lung cancer.
She is always causing trouble for people.
The cold weather caused the plants to die.
Reason : (noun)
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1 ) Motive or justification for something
Give me the reason for your going.
He has adequate reason for doing so.
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2 ) Power of the mind to think, understand, form opinion, etc…
Only man has reason.
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3 ) What is right or practical or possible
Common sense
Judgment
There is a good deal of reason in what you say.
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4 ) CAUSE of something is what makes something happen.
The police are investigating the cause of the explosion.
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5 ) REASON for something has a wider use. It can be the explanation that people give for why something is done.
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6 ) What was the reason for his resignation?
She did not give any reason for leaving.
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