Delimma vs Predicament - What's the difference?
delimma | predicament |
A definite class, state or condition.
An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot.
* {{quote-book
, year=1978
, author=
, title=The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
, page=xv (20th edition)
, passage=Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life.}}
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 10
, author=Marc Higginson
, title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa
, work=BBC Sport
(logic) That which is predicated; a category.
As a noun predicament is
a definite class, state or condition.delimma
Not English
Delimma has no English definition. It may be misspelled.predicament
English
Alternative forms
* (chiefly obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.}}
