Category: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.