1. The quality or state of being variant; change of condition;
variation.
2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement;
dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate
author of their variance.
Shak.
3. (Law) 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.
Bouvier.
A variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy;
at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?"
Milton.
Va"ri*ant (?), a. [L. varians, p. pr. of variare to change: cf. F.
variant. See Vary.]
1. Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different;
diverse.