difference vs variation

variation vs difference

difference and variation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
difference	Yes	No	No	No
variation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, variation is a hypernym of difference; that is, variation is a word with a broader meaning than difference:

difference: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
variation: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

Other hypernyms of difference include fluctuation.

difference (noun)	variation (noun)
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar	an activity that varies from a norm or standard
a disagreement or argument about something important	the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm	(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend	an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
a significant change	something a little different from others of the same type
	a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
	an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
	(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
	(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
	the process of varying or being varied
	the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

Difference between difference and variation

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