variant vs difference

difference vs variant

variant and difference both are nouns.

variant is an adjective but difference is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, difference is a hypernym of variant; that is, difference is a word with a broader meaning than variant:

variant: an event that departs from expectations
difference: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

Other hypernyms of variant include departure, deviation, divergence.

variant (noun)	difference (noun)
a variable quantity that is random	the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
something a little different from others of the same type	a disagreement or argument about something important
an event that departs from expectations	a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups	the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
	a significant change

variant (adjective)	difference (adjective)
differing from a norm or standard
exhibiting variation and change

Difference between variant and difference

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