Condition vs. Term — What's the Difference?

A requirement that must be met for something else to happen.

Conditions under which an action may be undertaken or an agreement made.

Something essential to the appearance or occurrence of something else.

Any of the quantities in a ratio, series, or mathematical expression.

Circumstances or factors affecting the way people live or work.

A word or expression used in relation to a specific meaning.

A state of health or fitness.

The duration of a court session.

A stipulation in a contract or agreement.

A fixed or limited period for which something lasts.

The state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order

A limited or established period of time that something is supposed to last, as a school or court session, tenure in public office, or a prison sentence.

The circumstances or factors affecting the way in which people live or work, especially with regard to their well-being

A point in time at which something ends; termination

A situation that must exist before something else is possible or permitted

The end of a normal gestation period

Have a significant influence on or determine (the manner or outcome of something)

A deadline, as for making a payment.

Bring (something) into the desired state for use

A fixed period of time for which an estate is granted.

Apply a conditioner to (the hair)

An estate granted for a fixed period.

Set prior requirements on (something) before it can occur or be done

A word or group of words having a particular meaning, especially in a specific field

A mode or state of being

Terms Language of a certain kind; chosen words

Conditions Existing circumstances

Often terms One of the elements of a proposed or concluded agreement; a condition

(Archaic) Social position; rank.

Terms The relationship between two people or groups; personal footing

A state of health

One of the quantities composing a ratio or fraction or forming a series.

A state of physical fitness

One of the quantities connected by addition or subtraction signs in an equation; a member.

A disease or physical ailment

(Logic) Each of the two concepts being compared or related in a proposition.

One that is indispensable to the appearance or occurrence of another; a prerequisite

A stone or post marking a boundary, especially a squared and downward-tapering pillar adorned with a head and upper torso.

One that restricts or modifies another; a qualification

An architectural or decorative motif resembling such a marker.

(Grammar) The dependent clause of a conditional sentence; protasis.

To designate; call.

(Logic) A proposition on which another proposition depends; the antecedent of a conditional proposition.

That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus#Noun.

A provision making the effect of a legal instrument contingent on the occurrence of an uncertain future event.

A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.

The event itself.

Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.

To make dependent on a condition or conditions

Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price#Noun and also how and when payment#Noun must be made.

To stipulate as a condition

A point, line, or superficies that limits.

To cause to be in a certain condition; shape or influence

A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.

To accustom (oneself or another) to something; adapt

Relations among people.

To render fit for work or use

Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.

To improve the physical fitness of (the body, for example), as through repeated sessions of strenuous physical activity.

Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.

(Psychology) To cause (an organism) to respond in a specific manner to a previously unrelated stimulus, as in operant conditioning or classical conditioning.

The time during which legal courts are open.

To treat (the air in a room, for example) by air-conditioning.

Certain days on which rent is paid.

To replace moisture or oils in (hair, for example) by use of a therapeutic product.

With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).

A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.

(of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.

A requirement or requisite.

(archaic) A menstrual period.

(law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.

(mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.

The health status of a medical patient.

(logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.

A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.

(astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.

The state or quality.

(arts) A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.

A particular state of being.

(nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

(obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.

A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

To subject to the process of acclimation.

One whose employment has been terminated

To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.

To phrase a certain way; to name or call.

To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.

(ambitransitive) To terminate one's employment

(transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.

Born or delivered at term.

To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.

That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

(transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.

The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.

(transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.

(transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).

A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.

To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.

A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration

To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.

A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.

Essential quality; property; attribute.

A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.

Temperament; disposition; character.

The menses.

That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.

Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.

A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend.

In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.

To make terms; to stipulate.

A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.

To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.

A word or expression used for some particular thing;

To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

A limited period of time;

To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.

(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement;

To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).

Any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial;

Train; acclimate.

One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition;

A state at a particular time;

The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent;

A mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing;

(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

Name formally or designate with a term

(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement;

The state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision;

The procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition

Establish a conditioned response

Train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control;

Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement;

Put into a better state;

Apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny;

Conditions are specific requirements that affect the validity of the contract, while terms are detailed provisions that outline the contractual obligations.

If a condition is not met, it can render the contract void or allow for its termination.

Terms are enforced through legal proceedings, where non-compliance can lead to damages or specific performance.

While they serve different purposes, in some contexts, the terms may become so crucial that they are treated as conditions.

In real estate, conditions can dictate the sale, requiring actions like passing inspections or obtaining financing.

Most important conditions are explicitly stated, but some can be implied by law or common practice.

Terms should be as specific as possible to avoid ambiguities and ensure clear understanding between parties.

Common terms include job responsibilities, salary, benefits, and termination conditions.

Not typically; breaches of terms usually result in damages unless the term is so essential that its breach is considered a breach of condition.

This determination can depend on the language used and the importance of the clause to the overall purpose of the contract.