varied vs variety

varied is not a noun while variety is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
varied	No	Yes	No	No
variety	Yes	No	No	No

varied (noun)	variety (noun)
	noticeable heterogeneity
	a difference that is usually pleasant
	a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
	a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
	(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

varied (adjective)	variety (adjective)
characterized by variety
broken away from sameness or identity or duplication
widely different