variant
noun/ˈveəriənt/
/ˈveriənt/, /ˈværiənt/
- variant (of/on something) a thing that is a slightly different form or type of something else
- This game is a variant of baseball.
- a variant of the original experiment
- a variant on a familiar theme
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Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘tending to vary’): from Old French, literally ‘varying’, present participle of varier or Latin variare, from varius ‘diverse’ . The noun dates from the mid 19th cent.Want to learn more?
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