Conditional vs. Contingent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Conditional and Contingent
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Conditional
Imposing, depending on, or containing a condition.
Contingent
Subject to chance
The contingent nature of the job
Conditional
(Grammar) Stating, containing, or implying a condition.
Contingent
Occurring or existing only if (certain circumstances) are the case; dependent on
His fees were contingent on the success of his search
Conditional
(Psychology) Brought about by conditioning.
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Contingent
A group of people sharing a common feature, forming part of a larger group
A contingent of Japanese businessmen attending a conference
Conditional
A mood, tense, clause, word, or morpheme expressing a condition. See Usage Note at if.
Contingent
Liable but not certain to occur; possible
"All salaries are reckoned on contingent as well as on actual services" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
Conditional
Limited by a condition.
I made my son a conditional promise: I would buy him a bike if he kept his room tidy.
Contingent
Dependent on other conditions or circumstances; conditional
Arms sales contingent on the approval of Congress.
Conditional
(logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
"A implies B" is a conditional statement.
Contingent
Happening by or subject to chance or accident; unpredictable
Contingent developments that jeopardized the negotiations.
Conditional
(grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.
A conditional word, mode, or tense
Contingent
(Logic) True only under certain conditions; not necessarily or universally true
A contingent proposition.
Conditional
(grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
Contingent
A group or detachment, as of troops or police, assigned to aid a larger force.
Conditional
(grammar) The conditional mood.
Contingent
A representative group that is selected from or part of a larger group.
Conditional
(logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
"A implies B" is a conditional.
Contingent
An event or condition that is likely but not inevitable.
Conditional
(programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
if and while are conditionals in some programming languages.Contingent
An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future.
Conditional
A condition a limitation or restriction.
Contingent
That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
Conditional
Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.
Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.
Contingent
(military) A quota of troops.
Conditional
Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.
A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.
The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously.
Contingent
Possible or liable, but not certain to occur.
Conditional
A limitation.
Contingent
(with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control.
A contingent estate
Conditional
A conditional word, mode, or proposition.
Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.
Contingent
Not logically necessarily true or false.
Conditional
Qualified by reservations
Contingent
Temporary.
Contingent labor
Contingent worker
Conditional
Imposing or depending on or containing a condition;
Conditional acceptance of the terms
Lent conditional support
The conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid
Contingent
Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage.
Contingent
Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.
Contingent
Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate.
If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one.
Contingent
An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
His understanding could almost pierce into future contingents.
Contingent
That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.
From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms.
Contingent
A gathering of persons representative of some larger group;
Each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics
Contingent
A temporary military unit;
The peace-keeping force includes one British contingent
Contingent
Possible but not certain to occur;
They had to plan for contingent expenses
Contingent
Determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established;
Arms sales contingent on the approval of congress
Contingent
Uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances;
The results of confession were not contingent, they were certain
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