Is there a difference between the meanings of 'is a result of ...

Both are possible. I'd have rather said (AE speaker). "His failure is a result of his laziness". The 2nd option you list (results from) is correct but isn't ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Isthereadifferencebetweenthemeaningsof'isaresultof'and'resultsfrom'? AskQuestion Asked 4years,1monthago Active 3years,9monthsago Viewed 7ktimes 1 I'msearchingontheinternethowtouseresultfrom,andI'vefoundtheexamples: Hisfailureisaresultoflaziness. Hisfailureresultsfromhislaziness. Wordreference.com. Arebothcorrect?Isthereaslightdifferenceinmeaning? grammar Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedJun15'20at7:40 CommunityBot 1 askedOct4'17at9:34 Aum_YukaAum_Yuka 2111silverbadge44bronzebadges 1 Yourtitleasksadifferentquestionfromthebodyofyourquestion—whichisit? – JanusBahsJacquet Dec3'17at11:33 Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Active Oldest Votes 2 Botharepossible.I'dhaverathersaid(AEspeaker) "Hisfailureisaresultofhislaziness" The2ndoptionyoulist(resultsfrom)iscorrectbutisn'tgreatandreferstosomethinggeneral,notaspecificinstanceoffailure. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredOct4'17at9:41 SonOfPinguSonOfPingu 88355silverbadges1313bronzebadges 2 ThankyouverymuchIhaveanotheronequestion.Thedestructionoftherainforestsisresultedfromslash-and-burnagriculture.Thissentenceiscorrect? – Aum_Yuka Oct4'17at9:44 No.Youwanttosay:"Thedestructionoftherainforestistheresultofslash-and-burnagriculture"butthat'snotreallyaccuratebecauseitmeans100%ofthedestructionisaresultofthatonething,whichcan'tbetrue. – SonOfPingu Oct4'17at12:26 Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoEnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchange!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. Draftsaved Draftdiscarded Signuporlogin SignupusingGoogle SignupusingFacebook SignupusingEmailandPassword Submit Postasaguest Name Email Required,butnevershown PostYourAnswer Discard Byclicking“PostYourAnswer”,youagreetoourtermsofservice,privacypolicyandcookiepolicy Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedgrammaroraskyourownquestion. FeaturedonMeta Reducingtheweightofourfooter Nowlive:Afullyresponsiveprofile Related 1 Parallelstructure"bothfromAandB"grammaticallycorrect? 1 "Seeitimportant"or"Seeitasimportant"? 1 Whatisthedifferencebetween"failing"and"failure"? 3 What'sthedifferencebetweenthesetwosentencesregardingtheresult? 0 What'sthedifferencebetweenthreeofcupsandthreecups? 0 Isthephrase"Displaying0of1results"supposedtobesingular,orplural? HotNetworkQuestions IfIdirectmywebsitepagesviaJavascript(notlinks),willmypagesbecomeOrphanPages? PPA:Installoldversion OpenorClosetheParentheses TurningonSCRwithoutlatchingit HowdoesthisNorton"upgrade"scamwork? scpwhenbothhostsareremoteandusedifferentports IsaClonecreatedinaDemiplanenativetoit? WhydoUSpoliticiansusethetitle"czar?" Canorganisationthatpreventsformationofempirespreventitselffrombecominganempire? Isthereanyrelationbetweentyrepressuresandqualityofthetyre? proteinalphabetreordering Howcouldmyfruitcartelbecomeanationalproblem? Womanatthewell:WhatisthesignificanceofJesusaskinghertocallherHusband(John4:16) Whichplayer(s)doesRagavan'sabilitytargetifthecreaturedamagestheopponentteam? CanIreplaceabulbwithonewithmorewatt? Howarethe"luckyJPLpeanuts"sharedpost-pandemic? Howtousefindwithpathsthatarelistedinafilewhileensuringthatspacesaretakencareof? Whatistheneedforrepetitionrulesgiventhe50&75moverules? "....in10days"or".....after10days." Attributionofthequote"amathematicianissomeonewhoiscautiousinthepresenceoftheobvious" ReferringtorulestyleinexpressionstringbuilderinQGIS WhatistheactualuseofHilbertspacesinquantummechanics? Whyisa21.10builtbinarynotcompatiblewith21.04install? WhatisthedifferencebetweenalinearregulatorandanLDO morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings