outcome vs denouement

outcome and denouement both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of outcome include deal, decision, decision, aftermath, consequence, separation, sequel, subsequence, worst.

outcome (noun)	denouement (noun)
something that results	the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon	the outcome of a complex sequence of events