| NOUN | event | variance, discrepancy, variant | an event that departs from expectations |
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| communication | variance, division | discord that splits a group | |
| cognition | variance | the second moment around the mean | |
| attribute | variance, discrepancy, disagreement, divergence | a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | |
| attribute | variance, variability, variableness | the quality of being subject to variation | |
| act | variance | an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation / regulation (typically a building regulation) | |
| act | variance, variation | an activity that varies from a norm or standard |
| Sounds | veh'riyahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | An event that departs from expectations. | |
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| Synonyms | discrepancy, variant | |
| Broader | deviation, divergence, departure, difference | A variation that deviates from the standard or norm |
| Spanish | discrepancia | |
| Meaning | discord that splits a group. | |
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| Synonym | division | |
| Broader | discord, dissension | disagreement among those expected to cooperate |
| Spanish | desacuerdo, división | |
| Catalan | desacord, divisió | |
| Meaning | The second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value. | |
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| Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
| Narrower | covariance | (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means |
| standard deviation | The square root of the variance | |
| Broader | moment | The n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value |
| Spanish | variancia, varianza | |
| Catalan | variància | |
| Meaning | A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions. | |
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| Synonyms | discrepancy, disagreement, divergence | |
| Narrower | allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance | A permissible / permissible difference |
| Broader | difference | The quality of being unlike or dissimilar |
| Spanish | desacuerdo, discordancia, discrepancia, divergencia | |
| Catalan | desavinença, discrepància, divergència | |
| Meaning | The quality of being subject to variation. | |
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| Synonyms | variability, variableness | |
| Narrower | personal equation | Variability attributable to individual differences |
| variedness | Characterized by variation | |
| variegation | Variability in coloration | |
| Broader | changeableness, changeability | The quality of being changeable |
| Opposite | invariability, invariableness, invariance | The quality of being resistant to variation |
| Spanish | variabilidad | |
| Catalan | variabilitat | |
| Adjectives | variable | marked by diversity or difference |
| variant | exhibiting variation and change | |
| Meaning | An official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation / regulation (typically a building regulation). | |
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| Example | "a zoning variance" | |
| Broader | dispensation | An exemption from some rule or obligation |
| Meaning | An activity that varies from a norm or standard. | |
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| Synonym | variation | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Spanish | variación | |
| Catalan | variació | |
| Adjectives | variant | differing from a norm or standard |
| Verbs | vary | be at variance with |
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