variance vs tolerance

tolerance vs variance

variance and tolerance both are nouns.

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

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

variance: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
tolerance: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

Other hyponyms of variance include allowance, leeway, margin.

variance (noun)	tolerance (noun)
an activity that varies from a norm or standard	the act of tolerating something
an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)	a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions	the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
the quality of being subject to variation	a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value	willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
discord that splits a group
an event that departs from expectations

Difference between variance and tolerance

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