Variation vs Derivation - What's the difference?
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The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing
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(nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. Also called magnetic declination.
(board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
(music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root.
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
That from which a thing is derived.
That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.
(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
As nouns the difference between variation and derivation
is that variation is variation while derivation is diversion.variation
English
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