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Provisional vs Contingency - What's the difference?

provisional | contingency |

As nouns the difference between provisional and contingency

is that provisional is a postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released while contingency is the quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.

As an adjective provisional

is temporary.

provisional

English

Adjective

(head)
  • temporary

    • Noun

  • (philately) a postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.

    • contingency

    English

    (wikipedia contingency)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.
  • (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
  • (countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
  • (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.

    • Synonyms

    * (quality of happening by chance) possibility * See also

    Antonyms

    * (quality of happening by chance) inevitability, impossibility

    Coordinate terms

    * (statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction) contradiction, tautology

    Derived terms

    * contingency plan