The difference between Contingency and Impossibility
When used as nouns, contingency means the quality of being contingent, of happening by chance, whereas impossibility means something that is impossible.
check bellow for the other definitions of Contingency and Impossibility
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Contingency as a noun (uncountable):
The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.
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Contingency as a noun (countable):
A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
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Contingency as a noun (countable):
An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
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Contingency as a noun (logic, countable):
A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
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Impossibility as a noun:
Something that is impossible.
Examples:
"Meeting the deadline is an impossibility; there is no way we can be ready in time."
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Impossibility as a noun (uncountable):
The quality of being impossible.
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Impossibility as a noun (obsolete):
Inability; helplessness.
Examples:
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