Varying vs Diverse - What's the difference?
varying | diverse |
A kind of variable, used by a fragment shader, that interpolates values across a primitive, so as to produce gradient effects etc.
* 2012 , Patrick Cozzi, Christophe Riccio, OpenGL Insights
Consisting of many different elements; various.
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
* J. Edwards
* R. Browning
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* Ben Jonson
As a verb varying
is .As a noun varying
is a kind of variable, used by a fragment shader, that interpolates values across a primitive, so as to produce gradient effects etc.As an adjective diverse is
.varying
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Another consideration to the relationship between vertex and fragment shaders is that adding too many additional varyings can be a drag on performance since they must all be interpolated
diverse
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Alternative forms
* divers (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The word is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
- Our roads are diverse : farewell, love! said she.
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- Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.