variance

Noun

Meaning

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

Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

variation difference departure deviation divergence disparity discrepancy inconsistency fluctuation variability dissimilarity gulf change range division
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Antonyms

union association concord alliance communion agreement
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Hypernyms

activity difference moment departure deviation divergence

Hyponyms

margin allowance leeway personal equation covariance

Phrases with the word

at variance minor variance set at variance be at variance with phase variance analyses of variance

Examples

A musician would not willingly consent that his lyre should be out of tune, nor a leader of a chorus that his chorus should not sing in the strictest possible harmony; but shall each individual person be at variance with himself, and shall he exhibit a life not at all in agreement with his words? Basil of Caesarea

Poor Nations are hungry, and rich Nations are proud, and Pride and Hunger will ever be at Variance. Jonathan Swift

The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic. Ronald Fisher

I always remind myself that what one observes is at best a combination of variance and returns, not just returns. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything. Jack Welch

We may consequently state the fundamental theorem of Natural Selection in the form : The rate of increase in fitness of any organism at any time is equal to its genetic variance in fitness at that time. Ronald Fisher

Close letter words and terms

varial variametric Varian variancy variant variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease