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Alteration vs Variate - What's the difference?

alteration | variate |

As nouns the difference between alteration and variate

is that alteration is alteration while variate is a measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values.

As a verb variate is

to alter; or vary; to make different.

alteration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of altering or making different.
  • * 1594 , , Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity ,
    • …alteration , though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…
  • The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
  • * 1892 , ,
    • …and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started.
    (Webster 1913)

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    variate

    English

    (wikipedia variate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measurable quantity capable of taking on a number of values.
  • A variable, often the set of x values plotted on a graph.

    • See also

    * variable * bivariate * multivariate * univariate * variate in Wolfram - Mathworld

    Verb

    (variat)
  • To alter; or vary; to make different.
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