variance Definition

variance
noun

1. The state of being different or inconsistent.

Example: There was some variance between them
Thesaurus: inconsistency, divergence, deviation, change, difference, modification, incongruity, oscillation; Antonym: agreement, sameness, unity.
2. statistics.
A quantity equal to the square of the standard deviation.

Idiom: at variance with something

In disagreement or conflict with it.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin varientia difference, related to vary.