Cause vs. Cuz: What's the Difference?
Cause and Cuz Definitions
Cause
Because.
Cuz
(informal) because
Cause
The producer of an effect, result, or consequence.
Cuz
(informal) because
Cause
The one, such as a person, event, or condition, that is responsible for an action or result.
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Cuz
(informal) cousin (usually as a term of address, but not necessarily towards one's cousin)
Cause
A basis for an action or response; a reason
The doctor's report gave no cause for alarm.
Cause
A goal or principle served with dedication and zeal
“the cause of freedom versus tyranny” (Hannah Arendt).
Cause
The interests of a person or group engaged in a struggle
“The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind” (Thomas Paine).
Cause
A lawsuit or criminal prosecution.
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Cause
The ground or basis for a lawsuit.
Cause
A subject under debate or discussion.
Cause
To be the cause of or reason for; result in.
Cause
To bring about or compel by authority or force
The moderator invoked a rule causing the debate to be ended.
Cause
The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.
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Cause
Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
There is no cause for alarm.
The end of the war was a cause for celebration.
Cause
(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
Cause
(obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
Cause
Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
Cause
A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
Cause
(transitive) To set off an event or action.
The lightning caused thunder.
Cause
(ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.
Cause
(obsolete) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
Cause
Alternative form of 'cause; because
Cause
That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be.
Cause
That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
Cause
Sake; interest; advantage.
I did it not for his cause.
Cause
A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
Cause
Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
What counsel give you in this weighty cause!
Cause
The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
God befriend us, as our cause is just.
The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause.
Cause
To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; - usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.
I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days.
Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans.
Cause
To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
Cause
Abbreviation of Because.
Cause
Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something;
They are trying to determine the cause of the crash
Cause
A justification for something existing or happening;
He had no cause to complain
They had good reason to rejoice
Cause
A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
He supported populist campaigns
They worked in the cause of world peace
The team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
The movement to end slavery
Contributed to the war effort
Cause
Any entity that causes events to happen
Cause
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;
The family brought suit against the landlord
Cause
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;
Cause a commotion
Make a stir
Cause an accident
Cause
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
The ads induced me to buy a VCR
My children finally got me to buy a computer
My wife made me buy a new sofa
