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repercussion vs upshot

upshot vs repercussion

repercussion and upshot both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
repercussion Yes No No No
upshot Yes No No No
As nouns, upshot is a hypernym of repercussion; that is, upshot is a word with a broader meaning than repercussion:
  • repercussion: a remote or indirect consequence of some action
  • upshot: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Other hypernyms of repercussion include consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result.
repercussion (noun) upshot (noun)
a movement back from an impact a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
a remote or indirect consequence of some action
Difference between repercussion and upshot

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