variety vs varied

variety is a noun but varied is not a noun.

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

variety (noun)	varied (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

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