Variant
adjective
1.
tending to change or alter; exhibiting variety or diversity; varying:
variant shades of color.
2.
not agreeing or conforming; differing, especially from something of the same general kind.
3.
not definitive, as a version of part of a text; different; alternative:
a variant reading.
4.
not universally accepted.
noun
5.
a person or thing that varies.
6.
a different spelling, pronunciation, or form of the same word: “Vehemency” is a variant of “vehemence.”.
adjective
1.
liable to or displaying variation
2.
differing from a standard or type: a variant spelling
3.
(obsolete) not constant; fickle
noun
4.
something that differs from a standard or type
5.
(statistics) another word for variate (sense 1)
variant var·i·ant (vâr’ē-ənt, vār’-)
adj.
Having or exhibiting variation; differing.
Tending or liable to vary; variable.
Deviating from a standard, usually by only a slight difference.
n.
Something that differs in form only slightly from something else.
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