idea vs variation

variation vs idea

idea and variation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, variation is a hyponym of idea; that is, variation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than idea:

idea: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
variation: a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished

Other hyponyms of idea include motif, motive, statement.

idea (noun)	variation (noun)
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about	an activity that varies from a norm or standard
your intention; what you intend to do	the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth	(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
a personal view	an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition	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

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