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Variance vs Strife - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between variance and strife

is that variance is the act of varying or the state of being variable while strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

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
  • strife

    English

    Noun

  • Conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.
  • Synonyms

    * (conflict) conflict, contention, discord

    Derived terms

    * trouble and strife

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