Solution vs Predicament - What's the difference?
solution | predicament |
A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
The answer to a problem.
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(legal, UK, archaic, rare) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
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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 nouns the difference between solution and predicament
is that solution is a homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances while predicament is a definite class, state or condition.solution
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Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.}}
Antonyms
* problempredicament
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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.}}