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あげく・結果・の結果: the difference

Meaning

After, In the end, After all, Eventually

Past papers

Not yet

Example

何度なんども道みちを間違まちがえた挙あげ句くに、約束やくそくの時間じかんに2時間じかんも遅おくれた。

After taking the wrong way again and again, I was a whole two hours late for the appointment.

Meaning

As a result of

Past papers

Not yet

Example

叫さけんで暴あばれた結果けっか、逮捕たいほされた。

As a result of shouting and acting violently, I got arrested.

How to tell them apart

「結果」: neutral, good or bad; it just follows cause and process.

「あげく」: almost always a bad outcome. 「散々迷ったあげく、買わなかった」 (After a lot of dithering, I didn't buy it).

「末に」: after a long struggle or deep thought, a major conclusion; good or bad.

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