VARIANT

[noun] [C]A variant is something which differs a little from other similar things.Many of the temple complexes built in Thai cities are variants on Burmese and Indian originals.There are many colas on the market now, all variants on the original drink.There are four variants of malaria, all transmitted to humans by a particular family of mosquitoes.Words spelt with 'ae', such as 'encyclopaedia', have a variant spelling with 'e', as in 'encyclopedia'.