variation vs partita

partita vs variation

variation and partita both are nouns.

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

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

variation: a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
partita: one of the variations contained in a partita

Other hyponyms of variation include inversion.

variation (noun)	partita (noun)
an activity that varies from a norm or standard	(music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century
the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard	one of the variations contained in a partita
(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 partita

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