Contingency vs Difficulty - What's the difference?
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(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.
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
Contingency is a related term of difficulty.
As nouns the difference between contingency and difficulty
is that contingency is (uncountable) the quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability while difficulty is the state of being difficult, or hard to do.contingency
English
(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 plandifficulty
English
(wikipedia difficulty)Noun
(difficulties)- We faced a difficulty .