variation vs organism

organism vs variation

variation and organism both are nouns.

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

As nouns, organism is a hypernym of variation; that is, organism is a word with a broader meaning than variation:

variation: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

Other hypernyms of variation include being.

variation (noun)	organism (noun)
an activity that varies from a norm or standard	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard	a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
(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

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