variance
var‧i‧ance AC /ˈveəriəns $ ˈver-/
noun
Tradition and culture are often at variance with the needs of modern living.
2. [uncountable and countable] formal the amount by which two or more things are different or by which they change ⇨ differential:
a price variance of 5%
3. [countable] American English law the official permission to do something different from what is normally allowed:
The developer requested a variance to build a shopping center on the east side of town.
var‧i‧ance AC /ˈveəriəns $ ˈver-/
noun Word Family: noun: variable, variance, variant, variety, variability, variation; adjective: variable ≠ invariable, varied, various; adverb: variably ≠ invariably, variously; verb: vary
1. be at variance (with somebody/something) formal if two people or things are at variance with each other, they do not agree or are very different: 2. [uncountable and countable] formal the amount by which two or more things are different or by which they change ⇨ differential:
3. [countable] American English law the official permission to do something different from what is normally allowed: