different between consequent vs pursuance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French conséquent , from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n.s?.kw?nt/

Adjective

consequent (not comparable)

1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

   His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.

2. Of or pertaining to consequences.

Coordinate terms

• antecedent

Related terms

Translations

Noun

consequent (plural consequents)

1. (logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
2. An event which follows another.
   • 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued

     They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.

3. (mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.

Holonyms

• conditional
• See Thesaurus:argument form

Coordinate terms

• antecedent

Translations

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin c?nsequ?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.s??k??nt/
• Hyphenation: con?se?quent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

consequent (not comparable)

1. consequent, resulting
2. logically consistent

Inflection

Related terms

• consequentie

English

Etymology

pursue +? -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?(?)?sju??ns/, /p?(?)?su??ns/

Noun

pursuance (countable and uncountable, plural pursuances)

1. A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
   • 1653, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-five Sermons preached at Golden Grove; being for the Winter Half-year

     Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.

2. A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
3. The state of being pursuant; consequence.

Quotations

• 1911 — Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), "Saint Bridget of Sweden"

  About 1350 she went to Rome, partly to obtain from the pope the authorization of the new order, partly in pursuance of her self-imposed mission to elevate the moral tone of the age.