Variant vs Wu - What's the difference?
variant | wu |
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.
(historic) Suzhou, a city in southern Jiangsu province in China, whence:
# (historic) A county of imperial and Republican China around Suzhou.
# (historic) A commandery of imperial China around Suzhou.
A historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence:
# The family of Chinese languages spoken in that region, including Shanghainese and Suzhounese, the second-most spoken family after Mandarin.
# (historic) The kingdom ruled by the Ji family from Wuxi and then Suzhou during the Spring and Autumn period of China's Zhou dynasty.
# A common Chinese surname:
# (historic) The kingdom ruled by the Sun family from Ezhou and Nanjing during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.
# (historic) The kingdom ruled by Li Zitong from Yangzhou and Hangzhou during the interregnum following China's Sui dynasty.
# (historic) The kingdom ruled by the Yang family from Yangzhou during the Ten Kingdoms interregnum following China's Tang dynasty.
# (historic) The kingdom ruled by the Qian family from Hangzhou and Shaoxing during the Ten Kingdoms interregnum following China's Tang dynasty.
As nouns the difference between variant and wu
is that variant is something that is slightly different from a type or norm while wu is (historic) a chinese shaman or shamaness.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”.