variation

noun

1 regional variations in farming practice:

difference, dissimilarity, disparity, inequality, contrast, discrepancy, imbalance, dissimilitude, differential, distinction.

▷antonyms constant.

2 opening times are likely to be subject to variation:

change, alteration, modification, varying, variety, variability, diversification.

▷antonyms uniformity, standardization.

3 there was very little variation from an understood pattern:

deviation, variance, divergence, departure, fluctuation, tolerance.

4 he was wearing a variation of court dress:

variant, form, alternative, alternative form, other form, different form, derived form, development, adaptation, alteration, modification, revision, revised version.

▷antonyms standard form.

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