different between contingency vs hardship

English

Etymology

contingent +? -cy (16th century).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?nd??nsi/

Noun

contingency (countable and uncountable, plural contingencies)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability. [1560s]
2. (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [1610s]
3. (finance, 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. (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.

Synonyms

• (quality of happening by chance): possibility
• See also Thesaurus:option

Antonyms

• (quality of happening by chance): inevitability, impossibility

Coordinate terms

• (statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction): contradiction, tautology

Derived terms

• contingency plan

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard +? -ship.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??d???p/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??d???p/
• Hyphenation: hard?ship

Noun

hardship (countable and uncountable, plural hardships)

1. Difficulty or trouble; hard times.

Antonyms

• softship

Translations

Verb

hardship (third-person singular simple present hardships, present participle hardshipping, simple past and past participle hardshipped)

1. (transitive) To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
   • 1969, Tract Series (issues 96-129, page 529)

     […] an adjustment of the income tax could easily produce the twenty millions without hardshipping any industrious person in the community […]