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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Variant \Va"ri*ant\, adjective [L. varians, p. pr. of variare to change: cf. F. variant. See {Vary}.]
1. Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
2. Changeable; changing; fickle. [Obs.]
He is variant, he abit [abides] nowhere. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Variant \Va"ri*ant\, noun [Cf. F. variante.] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
variant
adjective: differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling"
noun
1: an event that departs from expectations [syn: {discrepancy}, {variance}]
2: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms" [syn: {form}, {strain}, {var.}]
3: a variable quantity that is random [syn: {random variable}, {variate}, {stochastic variable}, {chance variable}]
4: something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" [syn: {version}, {variation}, {edition}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "variant": altering, alternative, antagonistic, antipathetic, assorted, at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, changing, clashing, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, cranky, cross, departing, deviant, deviating, deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disharmonious, disjoined, disparate, disproportionate, dissident, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, grating, heterogeneous, hostile, immiscible, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, irreconcilable, jangling, jarring, many, modification, motley, multifarious, negative, out of accord, out of whack, poles apart, poles asunder, repugnant, separate, separated, several, unconformable, uncongenial, unequal, unharmonious, unlike, unstable, variable, variation, varied, variegated, various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart
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