The difference between Contingency and Necessity
When used as nouns, contingency means the quality of being contingent, of happening by chance, whereas necessity means the quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
check bellow for the other definitions of Contingency and Necessity
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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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Necessity as a noun:
The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
Examples:
"I bought a new table out of necessity. My old one was ruined."
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Necessity as a noun:
The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack
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Necessity as a noun:
Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
Examples:
"A tent is a necessity if you plan on camping."
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Necessity as a noun:
Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power
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Necessity as a noun:
The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
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Necessity as a noun (legal):
Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.
Examples:
"[[doctrine of necessity]]"
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Necessity as a noun (legal, in the plural):
Indispensable requirements (of life).