Contingency vs Coincident - What's the difference?
contingency | coincident |
(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.
(of two events) Occurring at the same time.
(of two objects) Being in the same location.
Being in accordance, matching.
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As a noun contingency
is (uncountable) the quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.As a verb coincident is
.contingency
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(wikipedia contingency)Noun
Synonyms
* (quality of happening by chance) possibility * See alsoAntonyms
* (quality of happening by chance) inevitability, impossibilityCoordinate terms
* (statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction) contradiction, tautologyDerived terms
* contingency plancoincident
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well-inclined man.
