variant

(vâr'ē-ənt, văr'-)
adj.

1. Having or exhibiting variation; differing.
2. Tending or liable to vary; variable.
3. Deviating from a standard, usually by only a slight difference.

n.
Something that differs in form only slightly from something else, as a different spelling or pronunciation of the same word.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin variāns, variant-, present participle of variāre, to vary. See vary.]

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In language, a variant is a legitimate form or spelling of a word that differs from the main one. For example, judgment is a variant of judgement.

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adjective

1. Not like another in nature, quality, amount, or form: different, disparate, dissimilar, divergent, diverse, unlike, various. See same/different/compare.
2. Capable of or liable to change: alterable, changeable, fluid, inconstant, mutable, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable. Archaic various. See change/persist.

noun

One that is slightly different from others of the same kind or designation: variation, variety, version. See same/different/compare.

adj

Definition: different
Antonyms: agreeing, same, similar

n

Definition: derived form
Antonyms: base, root

(DOD) 1. One of two or more cipher or code symbols that have the same plain text equivalent. 2. One of several plain text meanings that are represented by a single code group. Also called alternative.

As it pertains to aircraft and equipment, a different version of the original type, as in air defense variant, photo variant, etc.

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1. something that deviates from the norm; used especially of abnormal proteins (e.g., hemoglobins).
2. different; showing variation; used especially of different amino-acid residues in the corresponding positions of polypeptide chains from different sources.

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An organism or tissue that is different from the majority of the population but is still sufficiently similar to the common mode to be considered to be one of them, e.g. a variant strain of classical swine fever (hog cholera) virus.

For a list of words related to variant, see:

• Linguistics and Writing Systems - variant: one of two or more different spellings, pronunciations, or forms of the same word

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See words rhyming with "variant."

Common misspelling(s) of variant

• varient

Dansk (Danish)
n. - variant
adj. - varierende, afvigende

Nederlands (Dutch)
afwijkend, tegenstrijdig, variabel, verschillend, variant, verschillende spelling/woordvorm

Français (French)
n. - variante
adj. - différent, variante, (Bot) variante

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verschieden
n. - Variante

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διάφορος, διαφορετικός, παραλλάσσων
n. - παραλλαγή

Italiano (Italian)
variante, variazione

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - variante, variável
n. - variante (f)

Русский (Russian)
вариант, модификация, различный, отличный от чего-л.

Español (Spanish)
n. - variante
adj. - variante, discrepante, variable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - avvikande, föränderlig
n. - variant

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
变体, 异体, 不同的, 差别的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 變體, 異體
adj. - 不同的, 差別的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이형, 변형, (사본의) 이문
adj. - 갖가지의, 여러 가지의, 변하기 쉬운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 異なった, 様々な
n. - 変形, 異形, 変異体

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مختلف, متباين (الاسم) شكل متغير, شكل اخر للشيئ ذاته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נוסח שני, גירסה, וריאנט‬
adj. - ‮משתנה, שונה, אחר‬

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