variation vs physical process

physical process vs variation

variation and physical process both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
variation	Yes	No	No	No
physical process	Yes	No	No	No

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

variation: the process of varying or being varied
physical process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

Other hypernyms of variation include process.

variation (noun)	physical process (noun)
an activity that varies from a norm or standard	a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
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 physical process

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