Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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difference | Yes | No | No | No |
variance | Yes | No | No | No |
difference (noun) | variance (noun) |
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the quality of being unlike or dissimilar | an activity that varies from a norm or standard |
a disagreement or argument about something important | an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation) |
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions |
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend | the quality of being subject to variation |
a significant change | the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value |
discord that splits a group | |
an event that departs from expectations |