Contingency vs Uncertainty - 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.
(uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty , then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.}}
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, title= (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
(uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
In uncountable terms the difference between contingency and uncertainty
is that contingency is the quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability while uncertainty is doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.In countable terms the difference between contingency and uncertainty
is that contingency is 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 while uncertainty is something uncertain or ambiguous.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 planuncertainty
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Noun
Tottenham 1-2 Norwich, passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}