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1. An event that departs from expectations
   - discrepancy, variance
    
2. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
   - form, strain, var.
    
3. A variable quantity that is random
   - random variable, variate, stochastic variable, chance variable
    
4. Something a little different from others of the same type
   "a variant of the same word"
   - version, variation, edition

1. Differing from a norm or standard
   "a variant spelling"
    
2. Exhibiting variation and change
   "letters variant in size"

Derived forms: variants

See also: different, variable, variance, vary

Type of: departure, deviation, difference, divergence, taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group, type, variable, variable quantity

Part of: species

Encyclopedia: Variant