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Variance

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Changeability 76% connected

Changeableness.

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Changeableness 76% connected

The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability.

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Departure 76% connected

Division; separation; putting away.

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Deviation 76% connected

The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or…

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Difference 76% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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Discord 76% connected

Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied…

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Dispensation 76% connected

The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts a…

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Dissension 76% connected

Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisio…

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Divergence 76% connected

Alt. of Divergency

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Moment 76% connected

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

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Allowance 76% connected

Approval; approbation.

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Casualness 76% connected

The quality of being casual.

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Leeway 76% connected

The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.

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Margin 76% connected

A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

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Standard deviation 76% connected

A measure showing how much values usually differ from the average.

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Tolerance 76% connected

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

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Variegation 76% connected

The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.

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Depart 74% connected

To part; to divide; to separate.

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Depart 74% connected

To part; to divide; to separate.

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Variant 74% connected

Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

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Variant 74% connected

Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

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Synonym 8

Disagreement 92% connected

The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

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Discrepancy 92% connected

The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

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Divergence 92% connected

Alt. of Divergency

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Division 92% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Variability 92% connected

The quality or state of being variable; variableness.

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Variableness 92% connected

The quality or state of being variable; variability.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Variant 92% connected

Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

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Variation 92% connected

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…

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