beginning vs outcome

beginning

noun
  • That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause. 

  • The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. 

  • The initial portion of some extended thing. 

  • That which is begun; a rudiment or element. 

adj
  • Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing. 

outcome

noun
  • That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process. 

  • The scoreline; the result. 

  • The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience (often used in the phrase learning outcomes). 

  • The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space. 

How often have the words beginning and outcome occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )