Another viewpoint on this question is the more classical one, that a cause and its effect can be of different kinds of entity. For example, in Aristotle's efficient causal explanation, an action can be a cause while an enduring object is its effect. For example, the generative actions of his parents can be regarded as the efficient cause, with Socrates being the effect, Socrates being regarded as an enduring object, in philosophical tradition called a 'substance', as distinct from an action.
another vIewpoINt oN tHIS quEstiON iS thE mOre cLassiCAl onE, that A cAuSe and its effeCt cAN bE oF DifferENt kinds oF ENTitY. for ExAMPle, in arIStoTLE'S eFfIcIeNT cAusAl ExplanAtion, an acTioN can be a cauSe while an enDUriNg oBjeCt is itS effect. foR example, the gENErATive ACTiOnS of His Parents can be REGARded as The EffICIent CauSE, with SocrAtEs bEinG The effect, soCraTEs beINg regarDed as an eNduring object, in PHilosopHICal traditION cALled a 'sUbstancE', as DIstINcT fROm aN action.