variant
adjectiveDiffering from others of the same kind or from a standard.
adjectiveHaving or exhibiting variation; varying.
nounSomething that differs from others of the same kind or from a standard, as a different spelling or pronunciation of a word.
nounIn biology, a term introduced by Barrande to express a departure from the type of a species showing contemporaneous secondary modification of form and surface features, and contrasted with the variety, in which the principal characters of the species are retained accompanied by departures in one or more primary modifications. The distinction is obscure and has not been generally adopted.
Different; diverse; having a different form or character: as, a variant form or spelling of a word.
Variable; varying; changing; inconstant.
Unsettled; restless.
nounSomething that is substantially the same, though in a different form; in ctym., a variant form or spelling of the same original word; in lit, a different reading or spelling.
adjectiveVarying in form, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
adjectiveChangeable; changing; fickle.