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Noun variant has 4 senses
- discrepancy, variance, variant - an event that departs from expectations
--1 is a kind of deviation, divergence, departure, difference
- form, variant, strain, var. - (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"
--2 is a kind of taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
--2 is a member of species
- random variable, variate, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable - a variable quantity that is random
--3 is a kind of variable, variable quantity
- version, variant, variation, edition - 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"
--4 is a kind of type
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