variety vs sampler

variety and sampler both are nouns.

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

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

variety (noun)	sampler (noun)
noticeable heterogeneity	a piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches
a difference that is usually pleasant	an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality	an assortment of various samples
a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances	someone who samples food or drink for its quality
(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