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Alteration vs Variant - What's the difference?

alteration | variant |

As nouns the difference between alteration and variant

is that alteration is alteration while variant is something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

As an adjective variant is

showing variety, diverse.

alteration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of altering or making different.
  • * 1594 , , Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity ,
    • …alteration , though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…
  • The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
  • * 1892 , ,
    • …and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started.
    (Webster 1913)

    References

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    variant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * variaunt (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing variety, diverse.
  • Showing deviation or disagreement.
  • (obsolete) Variable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
    • All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.
    The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
  • (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
  • (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.

    • Related terms

    * variance * variation * vary

    See also

    * alternate * alternative ----