The difference between Contingency and Inevitability

When used as nouns, contingency means the quality of being contingent, of happening by chance, whereas inevitability means the condition of being inevitable.


check bellow for the other definitions of Contingency and Inevitability

  1. Contingency as a noun (uncountable):

    The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.

  2. Contingency as a noun (countable):

    A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.

  3. 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.

  4. Contingency as a noun (logic, countable):

    A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.

  1. Inevitability as a noun (uncountable):

    The condition of being inevitable.

  2. Inevitability as a noun (countable):

    An inevitable condition or outcome.