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Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

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  1. a. Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
  2. a. Changeable; changing; fickle.
  3. n. word/something">Something which word/differs">differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.
  4. adj. differing from a norm or standard
  5. adj. exhibiting variation and change
  6. n. an event that departs from expectations
  7. n. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
  8. n. a variable quantity that is random
  9. n. something a little different from others of the same type
  10. 1. Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse. 2. Changeable; changing; fickle. [Obs.] He is variant, he abit [abides] nowhere. Chaucer. Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.
  11. word/something">Something which word/differs">differs in form from another thing, thoughreally the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; avariant of a story or a word.
  12. n:100 s. differing from a norm or standard s. exhibiting variation and change