outcome vs position effect

position effect vs outcome

outcome and position effect both are nouns.

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

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

outcome: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
position effect: (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome

Other hyponyms of outcome include materialisation, materialization, offspring, aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, wake, bandwagon effect, brisance, butterfly effect, 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, repercussion, reverberation, response, fallout, side effect, spillover.

outcome (noun)	position effect (noun)
something that results	(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Difference between outcome and position effect

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