n. 25B6; noun
regional variations in farming practice : DIFFERENCE, dissimilarity; disparity, contrast, discrepancy, imbalance; technical differential; formal dissimilitude.
opening times are subject to variation : CHANGE, alteration, modification; diversification.
there was very little variation from an understood pattern : DEVIATION, variance, divergence, departure, fluctuation.
hurling is an Irish variation of hockey : VARIANT, form, alternative form; development, adaptation, alteration, diversification, modification.