Casualty vs Contingency - What's the difference?
casualty | contingency |
(obsolete) Chance nature; randomness.
*, NYRB 2001, vol.1, p.327-8:
Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
(British) The accident and emergency department of a hospital.
(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.
Contingency is a synonym of casualty.
As nouns the difference between casualty and contingency
is that casualty is chance nature; randomness while contingency is the quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.casualty
English
(wikipedia casualty)Noun
(casualties)- The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty , and multitude […].