An event that departs from expectations.

synonyms: discrepancy, variant.

Discord that splits a group.

synonym: division.

Roget 713: disagreement etc. 24; discord, disaccord^†, dissidence, dissonance; jar, clash, shock; jarring, jostling etc. v.; screw loose.    variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie [Fr.]; division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach; schism etc. (dissent) 489; feud, faction.    quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie^†, squabble, altercation, barney [Slang], demel_e, snarl, spat, towrow^†, words, high words; wrangling etc. v.; jangle, brabble^†, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap; family jars.    polemics; litigation; strife etc. (contention) 720; warfare etc. 722; outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war.    broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation^†; embroilment, embranglement^†, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work [Fr.], scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance etc. (disorder) 59; commotion etc. (agitation) 315; bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair.    subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli [Lat.]; question at issue etc. (subject of inquiry) 461; vexed question, vexata quaestio [Lat.], brand of discord.    troublous times^†; cat-and-dog life; contentiousness etc. adj.; enmity etc. 889; hate etc. 898; Kilkenny cats; disputant etc. 710; strange bedfellows.    ... show more

The second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value.

Dutch: afwijkend, onverwacht, variantie, contradictorisch
Polish: wariancja

A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions.

synonyms: disagreement, discrepancy, divergence.

Roget 24: disagreement; discord, discordance; dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy; unconformity etc. 83; incongruity, incongruence^†; discongruity^†, mesalliance; jarring etc. v.; dissension etc. 713; conflict etc. (opposition) 708; bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle.    disparity, mismatch, disproportion; dissimilitude, inequality; disproportionateness etc. adj.^†; variance, divergence, repugnance.    unfitness etc. adj.; inaptitude, impropriety; inapplicability etc. adj.; inconsistency, inconcinnity^†; irrelevancy etc. (irrelation) 10.    misjoining^†, misjoinder^†; syncretism^†, intrusion, interference; concordia discors [Lat.].    fish out of water.    ... show more

Dutch: discrepantie

The quality of being subject to variation.

synonyms: variability, variableness.

An official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation).

An activity that varies from a norm or standard.

synonym: variation.

Roget 15: difference; variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity etc. 18; disagreement etc. 24; disparity etc. (inequality) 28; distinction, contradistinction; alteration.    modification, permutation, moods and tenses.    nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction; shade of difference, nuance; discrimination etc. 465; differentia.    different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes; horse of a different color; this that or the other.    ... show more