Variant — Defs

01 a. Varying in form, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

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Varying in form, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
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Changeable; changing; fickle.[Obs.]
“He is so variant, he abit [abides] nowhere.” — Chaucer.

02 n. Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a st…

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Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.