Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is lesson 104 today we're going to look at the
difference between consequence and outcome. Yes sometimes I'll have students ask
what is the difference between consequence and outcome
All right let's take a look there is a pretty clear difference consequence here
says the consequence of a situation is the result of a previous event or action
Yes so consequence is related to some event or some action that happened earlier and
because of that event or because of that action it led to this other result
that's what a consequence is so a consequence is always related to
something that happened earlier or something that happened previous that
led to this other result so that's a consequence so let's take a look at the
first example the consequence of Obamacare has been runaway health care
costs yeah I hear this on the news for the last number of years where people
are complaining like every single year their health care costs are going up
considerably really a lot so so anyway that's let's finish it the average
person's health care premium is rising anywhere from twenty to forty percent
per year yeah and and then the last year I've heard it's even higher than that so
but that's a consequence because of this plan every year since then the costs
have been skyrocketing okay let's take a look at the second example not watching
your weight can have future consequences on your health yeah again because because
you're not doing this action it could lead to something else so it could be a
consequence of that. Okay Let's look at the third one Venezuela's food shortages were a
consequence of the combination of a currency devaluation and price controls so because the currency went down and the
government said you can't charge more money than this certain amount a lot of
companies they couldn't make a profit so they just didn't provide the food so it
created food shortages it was a consequence it was a consequence of two
actions these two actions combined led to this result okay so you know that's
what a consequence is again consequences something that results from a previous
action or possibly a combination of actions like in number three example
okay let's look at outcome first the definition very simple the final or end
result of a situation yeah so it doesn't have to be related to some previous
result or doesn't have to be related to a previous action you're just
talking about what finally happened that's it that's the outcome so let's
take a look at the first example the outcome of a Trump win in the
presidential election surprised many people in the media yeah so that was the
final result that's what happened number two the boss said he was
satisfied with the outcome of the advertising campaign so he's just focusing
on the final result just what happened that's it. Let's look at example three if the outcome of the
trial is not in his favor he plans to make an appeal yeah so again if the
final result is not what he likes he'll make an appeal all right so again I hope
that makes it clear you know just to review again consequence is directly
related to some previous action or some previous event that led to this other
result and outcome is just the final result that's it nothing else okay I hope
that clarifies it thank you for your time. Bye bye