Contingent vs Concomitance - What's the difference?
contingent | concomitance |
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.
occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another, co-existence
a concomitant
As nouns the difference between contingent and concomitance
is that contingent is an event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency while concomitance is occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another, co-existence.As an adjective contingent
is possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.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
