cause vs candidacy

candidacy vs cause

cause and candidacy both are nouns.

cause is a verb but candidacy is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cause	Yes	No	Yes	No
candidacy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, candidacy is a hyponym of cause; that is, candidacy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cause:

cause: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
candidacy: the campaign of a candidate to be elected

Other hyponyms of cause include ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign, anti-war movement, charm campaign, consumerism, campaigning, candidature, electioneering, political campaign, fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort, feminism, feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement, gay lib, gay liberation movement, lost cause, reform, war, youth crusade, youth movement.

cause (noun)	candidacy (noun)
any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results	the campaign of a candidate to be elected
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
a justification for something existing or happening
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

cause (verb)	candidacy (verb)
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

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