outcome vs butterfly effect

butterfly effect vs outcome

outcome and butterfly effect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
outcome	Yes	No	No	No
butterfly effect	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, butterfly effect is a hyponym of outcome; that is, butterfly effect is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than outcome:

outcome: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
butterfly effect: the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago

Other hyponyms of outcome include materialisation, materialization, offspring, aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, wake, bandwagon effect, brisance, by-product, byproduct, change, coattails effect, Coriolis effect, dent, domino effect, harvest, impact, wallop, influence, knock-on effect, branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowth, product, placebo effect, position effect, repercussion, reverberation, response, fallout, side effect, spillover.

outcome (noun)	butterfly effect (noun)
something that results	the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Difference between outcome and butterfly effect

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