The difference between Condition and Situation
When used as nouns, condition means a logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. the phrase can either be true or false, whereas situation means the way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
Condition is also verb with the meaning: to subject to the process of acclimation.
check bellow for the other definitions of Condition and Situation
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Condition as a noun:
A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
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Condition as a noun:
A requirement or requisite.
Examples:
"Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability. What other planets might have the right conditions for life? The union had a dispute over sick time and other conditions of employment."
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Condition as a noun (legal):
A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
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Condition as a noun:
The health status of a medical patient.
Examples:
"My aunt couldn't walk up the stairs in her condition."
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Condition as a noun:
The state or quality.
Examples:
"National reports on the condition of public education are dismal. The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized."
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Condition as a noun:
A particular state of being.
Examples:
"Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system. Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery. Security is defined as the condition of not being threatened. Aging is a condition over which we are powerless."
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Condition as a noun (obsolete):
The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
Examples:
"A man of his condition has no place to make request."
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Condition as a verb:
To subject to the process of acclimation.
Examples:
"I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego."
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Condition as a verb:
To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
Examples:
"They were conditioning their shins in their karate class."
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Condition as a verb (transitive):
To place conditions or limitations upon.
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Condition as a verb:
To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
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Condition as a verb (transitive):
To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
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Condition as a verb (transitive):
To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
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Condition as a verb (transitive):
To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
Examples:
"rfquotek McElrath"
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Condition as a verb (US, colleges, transitive):
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.
Examples:
"to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study"
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Condition as a verb:
To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
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Situation as a noun:
The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
Examples:
"The Botanical Gardens are in a delightful situation on the river bank."
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Situation as a noun:
The place in which something is situated; a location.
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Situation as a noun:
Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
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Situation as a noun:
The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
Examples:
"The United States is in an awkward situation with debt default looming."
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Situation as a noun (UK, dated):
A position of employment; a post.
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Situation as a noun:
A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
Examples:
"Boss, we've got a situation here..."