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Contingent vs Congenial - What's the difference?

contingent | congenial |

As adjectives the difference between contingent and congenial

is that contingent is possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual while congenial is having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.

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.

contingent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • * 2014 , Ian Black, " 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)
  • Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.
  • (with upon ) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.
    • The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.
  • Dependent on something that may or may not occur.
    • a contingent estate
  • Not logically necessarily true or false.

    • Related terms

    * contingence * contingentness * unexpected * unplanned

    Synonyms

    * (possible but not certain to occur) incidental

    Antonyms

    * (possible but not certain to occur) certain, inevitable, necessary, impossible

    Related terms

    * contact * contingence * contingency * contingent claim

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    congenial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
  • Friendly or sociable.
    • The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.
  • Suitable to one's needs.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, Mimesis in the ''Sophistês'' of Plato'', in ''Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92 , page 453-468:
    • ''What was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato?

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