thing vs variation

variation vs thing

thing and variation both are nouns.

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

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

thing: an artifact
variation: an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard

Other hyponyms of thing include flagship, pill, snorter, standby, wobbler.

thing (noun)	variation (noun)
a separate and self-contained entity	an activity that varies from a norm or standard
an action	the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
an artifact	(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
an entity that is not named specifically	an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence	something a little different from others of the same type
a special abstraction	a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
a special objective	an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
a vaguely specified concern	(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
a statement regarded as an object	(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
an event	the process of varying or being varied
a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion	the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
a special situation

Difference between thing and variation

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