Occurrent vs Contingent - What's the difference?
occurrent | contingent |
An event, something that occurs.
*, II.2.4:
*:the only comfort (saith Jovius) he had to ease his melancholy thoughts, was to hear news, and to listen after those ordinary occurrents , which were brought him cum primis , by letters or otherwise, out of the remotest parts of Europe.
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, "
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.
As adjectives the difference between occurrent and contingent
is that occurrent is current, actual, occurring while contingent is possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.As nouns the difference between occurrent and contingent
is that occurrent is an event, something that occurs while contingent is an event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.occurrent
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(en noun)Anagrams
* ----contingent
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(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