variation vs replacement

replacement vs variation

variation and replacement both are nouns.

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

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

variation: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
replacement: an event in which one thing is substituted for another

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

variation (noun)	replacement (noun)
an activity that varies from a norm or standard	the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard	a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure	an event in which one thing is substituted for another
an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard	a person who follows next in order
something a little different from others of the same type	someone who takes the place of another person
a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished	filling again by supplying what has been used up
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 replacement

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