adjective. Differing from others of the same kind or from a standard.

adjective. Having or exhibiting variation; varying.

noun. Something that differs from others of the same kind or from a standard, as a different spelling or pronunciation of a word.

noun. In biology, a term introduced by Barrande to express a departure from the type of a species showing contemporaneous secondary modification of form and surface features, and contrasted with the variety, in which the principal characters of the species are retained accompanied by departures in one or more primary modifications. The distinction is obscure and has not been generally adopted.

Different; diverse; having a different form or character: as, a variant form or spelling of a word.

Variable; varying; changing; inconstant.

Unsettled; restless.

noun. Something that is substantially the same, though in a different form; in ctym., a variant form or spelling of the same original word; in lit, a different reading or spelling.

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

adjective. Changeable; changing; fickle.

noun. Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same

adjective. Showing variety, diverse.

adjective. Showing deviation or disagreement.

adjective. Variable.

noun. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

noun. A different sequence of a gene (locus).

noun. A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.

noun. a variable quantity that is random

noun. something a little different from others of the same type

adjective. exhibiting variation and change

adjective. differing from a norm or standard

noun. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

noun. an event that departs from expectations

"The term variant has been used loosely; other related terminology used is aliasing, sameness, and so forth."

alternate  alternative  

different  variable  

variance  variation  vary  

departure  deviation  difference  divergence  taxon  

invariant  

Gene  adaptation  analyse  anomaly  aspect  

altering  alternative  antagonistic  antipathetic  assorted