Variance vs. Variation

Variance vs. Variation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Variance and Variation

Variancenoun

The act of varying or the state of being variable

Variationnoun

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing

Variancenoun

A difference between what is expected and what happens

Variationnoun

A related but distinct thing.

When the process didn't work, we tried a variation.All of his soups are variations on a single recipe.

Variancenoun

The state of differing or being in conflict

Variationnoun

(nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.

magnetic declination
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Variancenoun

A discrepancy, especially between two legal documents

Variationnoun

(board games) A line of play that differs from the original.

Variancenoun

(statistics) The second central moment in probability

Variationnoun

(music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.

Variancenoun

covariance and contravariance generally

Variationnoun

(genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.

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Variancenoun

an event that departs from expectations

Variationnoun

(astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.

Variancenoun

discord that splits a group

Variationnoun

an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

Variancenoun

the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

Variationnoun

an activity that varies from a norm or standard;

any variation in his routine was immediately reported

Variancenoun

a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions;

a growing divergence of opinion

Variationnoun

a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished

Variancenoun

the quality of being subject to variation

Variationnoun

something a little different from others of the same type;

an experimental version of the night fighteran emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstonethe boy is a younger edition of his father

Variancenoun

an activity that varies from a norm or standard;

any variation in his routine was immediately reported

Variationnoun

an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard;

he patented a variation on the sandal

Variationnoun

the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

Variationnoun

(astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)

Variationnoun

(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Variationnoun

(ballet) a solo dance or dance figure

Variationnoun

the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard;

who is responsible for these variations in taxation?