Difference between consequence and wrack
Definitions
noun
- having important effects or influence
- the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Examples
A horizontal merger may enable the new entity to set price and output in the same manner as a single-firm monopolist, with the same consequences for consumer welfare.
Traditional methods for liquid or semiliquid fecal incontinence management, such as the use of absorbent briefs/pads, skin cleansers, and moisturizers, are only moderately successful in alleviating the consequences of fecal incontinence.
Beyond affecting the humans and wildlife that call the area home, the Arctic's warmer temperatures and decreases in permafrost, snow cover, glaciers and sea ice also have wide-ranging consequences for the physical and biological systems in other parts of the world.
Definitions
noun
- the destruction or collapse of something
- growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
- dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
verb
- smash or break forcefully
Examples
Fascinated with the meeting of memory and language, adept at conjuring states of mind, and haunted by the violence wracking his homeland, Hemon is a stoic tragedian and a brilliant satirist.
Need-wrack and grim nithing, of night-bales the greatest.
Speaking in public can be a nerve-wracking experience.
