variance
[noun]
Synonyms: at variance
in disagreement, at loggerheads, at odds, at sixes and sevens (informal), conflicting, out of line

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Antonyms: invariance
Related Words: change, deviation, fluctuation, division, separation, severing, sundering

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

var‧i‧ance AC /ˈveəriəns $ ˈver-/ noun
[Word Family: noun: variable, variance, variant, variety, variability, variation; adjective: variable ≠ invariable, varied, various; adverb: variably ≠ invariably, variously; verb: vary]

1. be at variance (with somebody/something) formal if two people or things are at variance with each other, they do not agree or are very different:
Tradition and culture are often at variance with the needs of modern living.

2. [uncountable and countable] formal the amount by which two or more things are different or by which they change ⇒ differential:
a price variance of 5%

3. [countable] American English law the official permission to do something different from what is normally allowed:
The developer requested a variance to build a shopping center on the east side of town.

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