Alteration; change.
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1. To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.
2. To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
3. To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
5. To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.
1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
4. To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.
Varying
Webster's Dictionary 1913
a. & n. from Vary.
Difference Roget’s Thesaurus §15
N. difference, variance, variation, variety, diversity, dissimilarity, disagreement, disparity, distinction, contradistinction, alteration, modification, permutation, moods and tenses, nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction, shade of difference, nuance, discrimination, differentia, different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes, horse of a different color, this that or the other
V. be different, differ, vary, ablude|, mismatch, contrast, divaricate, differ toto coelo, differ longo intervallo, vary, modify, discriminate
Adj. differing, different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot, distinguishable, dissimilar, varied, modified, diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of, variform, daedal, other, another, not the same, unequal, unmatched, widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic, discriminative, distinguishing, incommensurable, incommensurate
Adv. differently
Phr. il y a fagots et fagots, 2, continuous relation
Dissimilarity Roget’s Thesaurus §18
N. dissimilarity, dissimilaritude, unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance, divergence, variation, difference, novelty, originality, creativeness, oogamy
V. be unlike, vary, bear no resemblance to, differ toto coelo, render unlike, vary
Adj. dissimilar, unlike, disparate, divergent, of a different kind unmatched, unique, new, novel, unprecedented, original, nothing of the kind, no such thing, quite another thing, far from it, cast in a different mold, tertium quid, as like a dock as a daisy, "very like a whale", as different as chalk from cheese, as different as macedon and monmouth, lucus a non lucendo, diversified
Adv. otherwise
Phr. diis aliter visum, "no more like my father than i to hercules"
Variation Roget’s Thesaurus §20a
N. variation, alteration, modification, moods and tenses, discrepance, discrepancy, divergency, deviation, aberration, innovation
Adj. varied, modified, diversified
Change Roget’s Thesaurus §140
N. change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution, diversion, break, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, transmutation, deoxidization, transubstantiation, mutagenesis, transanimation, transmigration, metempsychosis|, avatar, alterative, conversion, revolution inversion, displacement, transference, changeableness, tergiversation
V. change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into
Adv. mutatis mutandis
Int. quantum mutatus, phr, "a change came o'er the spirit of my dream", nous avons change tout cela, tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis, non sum qualis eram, casaque tourner, corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur, in statu quo ante bellum, "still ending and beginning still", vox audita perit littera scripta manet
Changeableness Roget’s Thesaurus §149
N. changeableness, mutability, inconstancy, versatility, mobility, instability, unstable equilibrium, vacillation, fluctuation, vicissitude, alternation, restlessness, fidgets, disquiet, disquietude, inquietude, unrest, agitation, moon, proteus, chameleon, quicksilver, shifting sands, weathercock, harlequin, cynthia of the minute, april showers, wheel of fortune, transientness
V. fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes, sway to and fro, shift to and fro, change and change about, waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) 605, oscillate, vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes, alternate, have as many phases as the moon
Adj. changeable, changeful, changing, mutable, variable, checkered, ever changing, protean, proteiform|, versatile, unstaid, inconstant, unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled, fluctuating, restless, agitated, erratic, fickle, irresolute, capricious, touch and go, inconsonant, fitful, spasmodic, vibratory, vagrant, wayward, desultory, afloat, alternating, alterable, plastic, mobile, transient, wavering
Adv. seesaw, off and on
Phr. "a rolling stone gathers no moss", pictra mossa non fa muschis, honores mutant mores, varium et mutabile semper femina
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