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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Variance \Va"ri*ance\, noun [L. variantia.]
1. The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. --Shak.
3. (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof. --Bouvier.
{A variance}, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. ''What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?'' --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
variance
noun
1: an event that departs from expectations [syn: {discrepancy}, {variant}]
2: discord that splits a group [syn: {division}]
3: the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
4: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: {discrepancy}, {disagreement}, {divergence}]
5: the quality of being subject to variation [syn: {variability}, {variableness}] [ant: {invariability}, {invariability}]
6: an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported" [syn: {variation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "variance": agreement to disagree, alienation, antagonism, apostasy, argument, argumentation, at variance, change, clashing, conflict, contention, contradiction, contrariety, contrast, controversy, counter-culture, cross-purposes, debate, departure, deviation, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, disconformity, discongruity, discord, discordance, discordancy, discrepancy, discreteness, disharmony, disparity, dispute, dissatisfaction, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissimilarity, dissonance, distinction, distinctness, disunion, disunity, divergence, divergency, diversity, dividedness, division, dropping out, faction, far cry, fluctuation, heterogeneity, in disagreement, in dispute, inaccordance, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, irreconcilability, jarring, minority opinion, misunderstanding, mixture, negation, nonagreement, nonassent, nonconcurrence, nonconformity, nonconsent, odds, opposition, oppugnancy, otherness, polarization, quarrel, recusance, recusancy, rejection, repudiation, repugnance, rift, schism, secession, separateness, separation, severing, strife, unconformity, underground, unharmoniousness, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, variation, variegation, variety, withdrawal
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