1. The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. Shak.
3. (Law)
Defn: A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, — as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof. Bouvier. A variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself" Milton.
VARIANT Va"ri*ant, a. Etym: [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.
VARIANT
Va"ri*ant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. variante.]
Defn: 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.
VARIATE
Va"ri*ate, v. t. & i. Etym: [L. variatus, p. p. of variare. See
Vary.]