Variant vs Possibility - What's the difference?
variant | possibility |
Showing variety, diverse.
Showing deviation or disagreement.
(obsolete) Variable.
Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
(genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
(computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
The quality of being possible.
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
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, title= An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
As nouns the difference between variant and possibility
is that variant is something that is slightly different from a type or norm while possibility is the quality of being possible.As an adjective variant
is showing variety, diverse.variant
English
Alternative forms
* variaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.
- The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
See also
* alternate * alternative ----possibility
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Noun
(possibilities)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}