variation vs diurnal variation

diurnal variation vs variation

variation and diurnal variation both are nouns.

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

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

variation: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
diurnal variation: fluctuations that occur during each day

Other hyponyms of variation include vicissitude, allomerism, departure, deviation, difference, divergence, permutation, replacement, substitution, switch, transposition, business cycle, trade cycle, daily variation, tide.

variation (noun)	diurnal variation (noun)
an activity that varies from a norm or standard	fluctuations that occur during each day
the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
something a little different from others of the same type
a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
the process of varying or being varied
the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

Difference between variation and diurnal variation

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