variance

variance is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
2. noun. Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. an activity that varies from a norm or standard

   "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"

   Synonyms: variation

5. noun. an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)

   "a zoning variance"

6. noun. the quality of being subject to variation

   Synonyms: variability, variableness

7. noun. a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

   "a growing divergence of opinion"

   Synonyms: disagreement, discrepancy, divergence

8. noun. the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
9. noun. discord that splits a group

   Synonyms: division

10. noun. an event that departs from expectations

    Synonyms: discrepancy, variant

Synonyms

variation, variability, variableness, disagreement, discrepancy, divergence, division, variant

Common word forms

variances

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