variance vs departure

departure vs variance

variance and departure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
variance	Yes	No	No	No
departure	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, departure is a hypernym of variance; that is, departure is a word with a broader meaning than variance:

variance: an event that departs from expectations
departure: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

Other hypernyms of variance include deviation, difference, divergence.

variance (noun)	departure (noun)
an activity that varies from a norm or standard	the act of departing
an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)	euphemistic expressions for death
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions	a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
the quality of being subject to variation
the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
discord that splits a group
an event that departs from expectations

Difference between variance and departure

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