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Variability vs Diversity - What's the difference?

variability | diversity |

As nouns the difference between variability and diversity

is that variability is the state or characteristic of being variable while diversity is the quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.

variability

English

Noun

(variabilities)
  • the state or characteristic of being variable
  • the degree to which a thing is variable. In data or statistics this is often a measurement of distance from the mean or a description of data range.

    • Synonyms

    * variableness

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    diversity

    English

    Noun

    (diversities)
  • The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
  • * c''1386 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), ''(w, The Man of Law's Tale) , 87:
    • Ther was swich diversitee Bitwene hir bothe lawes.
  • A variety; diverse types or examples.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity .}}

    Related terms

    * diverse * divert * divers