What is the difference between "ramification" and "repercussion"?
Longman's Dictionary defines "ramification" as " an additional result of something you do, which may not have been clear when you first decided to do it"
The same dictionary defines "repercussion" as "the effects of an action or event, especially bad effects that continue for some time consequence"
The only difference I see is this: ramification's emphasis is on either positive or negative consequences, where repercussion's main focus is solely on negative consequences.
I could be wrong, so let me know what the difference between these two words is.
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You seem to have a useful idea of the two words. Me, I feel the roots of them. Ramification is literally a branching, like a tree growing.
- You seem to have a useful idea of the two words.
- Me, I feel the roots of them.
- Ramification is literally a branching, like a tree growing.
- It develops.
- Repercussion is a ringing, like the sound that emanates from a struck bell.
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You seem to have a useful idea of the two words. Me, I feel the roots of them. Ramification is literally a branching, like a tree growing. It develops. Repercussion is a ringing, like the sound that emanates from a struck bell. It is consequent.
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