consequence vs resultant

consequence and resultant both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

consequence (noun)	resultant (noun)
having important effects or influence	a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors
the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual	something that results
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon	the final point in a process

consequence (adjective)	resultant (adjective)
	occurring with or following as a consequence