Redundant vs Contingent - What's the difference?
redundant | contingent |
Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
(chiefly, British) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered redundant".
Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.
* 2013 , Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems , page 142:
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 redundant and contingent
is that redundant is superfluous; exceeding what is necessary while contingent is possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.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.redundant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.
Antonyms
* non-redundantExternal links
* * * ----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