Contingent vs Based - What's the difference?
contingent | based |
An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion;
a quota of troops.
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Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.
(with upon ) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.
Dependent on something that may or may not occur.
Not logically necessarily true or false.
founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms
(base)
Being derived from (usually followed by on' or ' upon ).
Having a
Having a base of operations.
As adjectives the difference between contingent and based
is that contingent is possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual while based is founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.As a noun contingent
is an event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.As a verb based is
(base).contingent
English
Noun
(en noun)Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
- Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.
- a contingent estate
Synonyms
* (possible but not certain to occur) incidentalAntonyms
* (possible but not certain to occur) certain, inevitable, necessary, impossibleExternal links
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* ----based
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That was a soundly based argument.
Derived terms
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(head)- It's a new film based on a best-selling novel.
- The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability.
- The company is based in New York.