species vs variety

variety vs species

species and variety both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
species	Yes	No	No	No
variety	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, variety is a hypernym of species; that is, variety is a word with a broader meaning than species:

species: a specific kind of something
variety: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

Other hypernyms of species include form, kind, sort.

species (noun)	variety (noun)
a specific kind of something	noticeable heterogeneity
(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed	a difference that is usually pleasant
	a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
	a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
	(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

Difference between species and variety

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