Contingent vs Tentative - What's the difference?
contingent | tentative |
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.
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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.
Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
Uncertain; subject to future change.
As nouns the difference between contingent and tentative
is that contingent is an event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency while tentative is a trial; an experiment.As adjectives the difference between contingent and tentative
is that contingent is possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual while tentative is of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.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