consequence vs result

consequence and result both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

As nouns, consequence and result are synonyms defined as:

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

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

consequence (noun)	result (noun)
having important effects or influence	a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual	the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon	something that results
	a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

consequence (verb)	result (verb)
	come about or follow as a consequence
	issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
	produce as a result or residue