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Mutability vs Variant - What's the difference?

mutability | variant |

As nouns the difference between mutability and variant

is that mutability is the quality or state of being mutable while variant is something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

As an adjective variant is

showing variety, diverse.

mutability

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality or state of being mutable.
    • There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature. -

    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 ----