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Valiant vs Variant - What's the difference?

valiant | variant |

As adjectives the difference between valiant and variant

is that valiant is showing courage or determination; heroic while variant is showing variety, diverse.

As a noun variant is

something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

valiant

English

(wikipedia valiant)

Alternative forms

* valiaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing courage or determination; heroic.

    • Synonyms

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    Anagrams

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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 ----