Outcome vs. Event — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Outcome and Event
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Outcome
An end result; a consequence.
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Event
Something that takes place, especially a significant occurrence.
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Outcome
That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
A quality automobile is the outcome of the work of skilled engineers and thousands of workers.
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Event
A social gathering or activity
The fundraising event was held in the ballroom.
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Outcome
(probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.
Three is a possible outcome of tossing a six-sided die.
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Event
(Sports) A contest in a sports competition, such as a meet
Swimming events.
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Outcome
(education) The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience often used in the phrase learning outcomes.
The outcomes of this course are outlined in your syllabus.
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Event
(Physics) A phenomenon or occurrence located at a single point in spacetime, regarded as the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.
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Outcome
The scoreline; the result.
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Event
(Archaic) A final result; an outcome.
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Outcome
That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.
All true literature, all genuine poetry, is the direct outcome, the condensed essence, of actual life and thought.
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Event
An occurrence; something that happens.
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Outcome
Something that results;
He listened for the results on the radio
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Event
A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
I went to an event in San Francisco last week.
Where will the event be held?
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Outcome
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;
The magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
His decision had depressing consequences for business
He acted very wise after the event
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Event
One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
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Event
An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
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Event
(physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
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Event
(computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
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Event
(probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
If is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: , , and .
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Event
(obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
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Event
(medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.
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Event
(obsolete) To occur, take place.
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Event
To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
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Event
To expose to the air, ventilate.
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Event
That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.
To watch quietly the course of events.
There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked.
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Event
An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
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Event
The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.
Dark doubts between the promise and event.
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Event
To break forth.
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Event
Something that happens at a given place and time
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Event
A special set of circumstances;
In that event, the first possibility is excluded
It may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled
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Event
A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
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Event
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;
The magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
His decision had depressing consequences for business
He acted very wise after the event
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