Contingent vs Conditioned - What's the difference?
contingent | conditioned |
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.
(condition)
determined or dependent on some condition
physically fit, especially as the result of exercise
prepared for a specific use
(psychology) exhibiting a conditioned reflex
As adjectives the difference between contingent and conditioned
is that contingent is possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual while conditioned is determined or dependent on some condition.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 conditioned is
(condition).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
