Digression vs Variation - What's the difference?
digression | variation |
A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern.
The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing
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(nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. Also called magnetic declination.
(board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
(music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
As nouns the difference between digression and variation
is that digression is a departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern while variation is variation.digression
English
(wikipedia digression)Noun
(en noun)- The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life.
See also
* detour ----variation
English
(wikipedia variation)Noun
(en-noun)David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
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