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Variance vs Makepeace - What's the difference?

variance | makepeace |

As nouns the difference between variance and makepeace

is that variance is the act of varying or the state of being variable while makepeace is (rare) a peacemaker; one who reconciles persons at variance with one another; a composer of strife; an adjuster of differences.

variance

English

Alternative forms

* variaunce * var

Noun

(wikipedia variance) (en noun)
  • The act of varying or the state of being variable
  • A difference between what is expected and what happens
  • The state of differing or being in conflict
  • A discrepancy, especially between two legal documents
  • (senseid)(statistics) The second central moment in probability
  • (computing, programming) covariance and contravariance generally
  • makepeace

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (label) transferred from the surname.