Repercussion vs. Ramification — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Repercussion and Ramification
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Definitions
Repercussion➦
An often indirect effect, influence, or result that is produced by an event or action.
Ramification➦
A development or consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement
The ramifications of a court decision.
Repercussion➦
A recoil, rebounding, or reciprocal motion after impact.
Ramification➦
The act or process of branching out or dividing into branches.
Repercussion➦
A reflection, especially of sound.
Ramification➦
A subordinate part extending from a main body; a branch.
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Repercussion➦
A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.
Ramification➦
An arrangement of branches or branching parts.
Repercussion➦
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
The repercussion of sound
Ramification➦
A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.
Repercussion➦
(music) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
Ramification➦
An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.
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Repercussion➦
(medicine) The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Ramification➦
(mathematics) An arrangement of branches.
Repercussion➦
(obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
Ramification➦
The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.
Repercussion➦
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.
Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.
Ramification➦
A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve.
Repercussion➦
Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
Ramification➦
A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.
Repercussion➦
The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Ramification➦
The production of branchlike figures.
Repercussion➦
In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
Ramification➦
The act of branching out or dividing into branches
Repercussion➦
A remote or indirect consequence of some action;
His declaration had unforeseen repercussions
Reverberations of the market crash were felt years later
Ramification➦
A part of a forked or branching shape;
He broke off one of the branches
They took the south fork
Repercussion➦
A movement back from an impact
Ramification➦
A development that complicates a situation;
The court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications
Ramification➦
An arrangement of branching parts
