variable vs variant

variant vs variable

variable and variant both are nouns.

variable and variant both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
variable	Yes	Yes	No	No
variant	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

variable: a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
variant: a variable quantity that is random

Other hyponyms of variable include argument, experimental variable, independent variable, correlate, correlative, degree of freedom, dependent variable, predictor variable, infinitesimal, chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variate, scalar, tensor, vector.

variable (noun)	variant (noun)
a quantity that can assume any of a set of values	a variable quantity that is random
a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity	something a little different from others of the same type
something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation	an event that departs from expectations
a star that varies noticeably in brightness	(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

variable (adjective)	variant (adjective)
liable to or capable of change	differing from a norm or standard
(used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied	exhibiting variation and change
marked by diversity or difference

Difference between variable and variant

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