Variation vs Mutant - What's the difference?
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The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing
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(nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. Also called magnetic declination.
(board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
(music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
Something which has mutated, which has one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
* Your plaid fish are mutants .
(informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
* I think your brother is a mutant ; he’s so weird!
That has undergone mutation.
* Your mutant fish are dying.
(informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.
* Your mutant brother just growled at me again!
Variation is a related term of mutant.
As nouns the difference between variation and mutant
is that variation is variation while mutant is mutant.variation
English
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