lusus naturae vs variation

variation vs lusus naturae

lusus naturae and variation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lusus naturae	Yes	No	No	No
variation	Yes	No	No	No

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

lusus naturae: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
variation: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Other hypernyms of lusus naturae include mutant, mutation, sport.

lusus naturae (noun)	variation (noun)
a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed	an activity that varies from a norm or standard
	the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
	(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
	an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
	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 lusus naturae and variation

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