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Variety vs Irregularity - What's the difference?

variety | irregularity |

As nouns the difference between variety and irregularity

is that variety is the quality of being varied; diversity while irregularity is (countable) an instance of being irregular.

variety

English

Alternative forms

* (rare)

Noun

(varieties)
  • The quality of being varied; diversity.
  • A specific variation of something.
  • A number of different things.
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  • A state of constant change.
  • (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.
  • (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
  • (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
  • (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
  • The class of all algebraic structures of a given signature satisfying a given set of identities.

    • Synonyms

    * equational variety

    Hyponyms

    * cultivar

    Derived terms

    * Abelian variety * antivariety * grape variety * variety store * variety show * algebraic variety * affine variety * projective variety * quasiprojective variety * quasivariety

    Related terms

    * variant * variation * varietal * variegate * various * vary

    See also

    * species * information entropy

    External links

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    irregularity

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) An instance of being irregular.
  • (uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
  • (countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
    • an irregularity of surface
  • (countable) A violation of rules.
    • An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.

    Related terms

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    Antonyms

    * regularity