VARIANCES
Noun
variances
plural of variance
Source: Wiktionary
VARIANCE
Va"ri*ance, n. Etym: [L. variantia.]
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)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition