consequence vs outcome

consequence and outcome both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
consequence	Yes	No	No	No
outcome	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, outcome is a hypernym of consequence; that is, outcome is a word with a broader meaning than consequence:

consequence: the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
outcome: something that results

Other hypernyms of consequence include final result, result, resultant, termination.

As nouns, consequence and outcome are synonyms defined as:

consequence and outcome: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Other synonyms of consequence include effect, event, issue, result, upshot.

consequence (noun)	outcome (noun)
having important effects or influence	something that results
the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual	a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon