Definition of Variant

Va´ri`ant
a.1.Varying in form, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
2.Changeable; changing; fickle.
He is so variant, he abit [abides] nowhere.
- Chaucer.
n.1.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.


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