variant

Meanings

• an event that departs from expectations
• (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
• a variable quantity that is random
• something a little different from others of the same type
  • "a variant of the same word"
• differing from a norm or standard
  • "a variant spelling"
• exhibiting variation and change
  • "letters variant in size"

Synonyms

chance variable, discrepancy, edition, form, random variable, stochastic variable, strain, var., variance, variate, variation, version