accountable vs consequent

accountable

adj
  • Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable. 

  • Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable. 

  • Liable to be called on to render an account. 

  • Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds). 

consequent

adj
  • Of or pertaining to consequences. 

  • Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. 

  • Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on. 

noun
  • An event which follows another. 

  • The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent. 

  • A consequent stream. 

  • The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q." 

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