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Another word for variant

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variant

modif.

varying, exceptional, differing; see irregular 1, various.

variant Synonyms

variant

n.

different version, alternative, alternative reading, modification, result of variation, exceptional instance, irregularity; see also exception 2.

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Another word for variant

adjective

Not like another in nature, quality, amount, or form:
different, disparate, dissimilar, divergent, diverse, unlike, various. See same
Capable of or liable to change:
alterable, changeable, fluid, inconstant, mutable, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable. (Archaic) various. See change

noun

One that is slightly different from others of the same kind or designation:

variation, variety, version. See same

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Robert Recorde in his Whetstone of Witte (1557) uses the variant algeber, while John Dee (1527-1608) affirms that algiebar, and not algebra, is the correct form, and appeals to the authority of the Arabian Avicenna.
In historical texts also variant readings occur in considerable number.
66), so in an Indian story the son of a king of serpents and of a virgin (or, in a variant form, a widow) was succoured in warfare by his sire (Fergusson, 266).
The heretic Marcion taught a variant, namely, the existence of two Gods, one of the Old Testament of law, the other of the New Testament of grace.
STRIP, to remove or tear off the outer covering of anything, hence to rob or plunder; also a narrow long piece of stuff or material, or a mark or division narrow in proportion to its length distinguished from its ground or surroundings by colour or other variation of texture, character, &c.; a stripe; this last word is a variant of "strip," a particular meaning, that of a stroke or lash of a whip, is either due to the original meaning of "strip," to flay, or to the long narrow mark or wheal left by a blow.

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