fruit vs consequence

fruit and consequence both are nouns.

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

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

fruit: the consequence of some effort or action
consequence: the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

Other hypernyms of fruit include aftermath.

fruit (noun)	consequence (noun)
an amount of a product	having important effects or influence
the consequence of some effort or action	the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant	a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

fruit (verb)	consequence (verb)
bear fruit
cause to bear fruit