Causal vs Contingency - What's the difference?
causal | contingency |
of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing
(uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.
(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
(countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
(logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
As nouns the difference between causal and contingency
is that causal is a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause while contingency is the quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.As an adjective causal
is of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.causal
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Adjective
(en adjective)- There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.