All 4 Uses of
variance
in
Gone with the Wind
- The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- His severe black suit, with fine ruffled shirt and trousers smartly strapped beneath high insteps, was oddly at variance with his physique and face, for he was foppishly groomed, the clothes of a dandy on a body that was powerful and latently dangerous in its lazy grace.†
Chpt 2.9
- The bright new sheen of the gray coat was sadly at variance with the worn and patched butternut trousers and the scarred boots, but if he had been clothed in silver armor he could not have looked more the shining knight to her.†
Chpt 2.15
- And as she looked into Scarlett's stormy green eyes, her slight shoulders straightened and a mantle of dignity, strangely at variance with her childish face and figure, fell upon her.†
Chpt 5.49
Definition:
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(variance) differenceThe exact meaning of variance is subject to its context. For example:
- "There is a huge variance in how people respond to the medication." -- difference
- "50% of the variance is explained by genetics." -- amount of difference
- "Her speech was at variance with her actions." -- different than
- "Her speech was at variance from others." -- different from
- "Their main points of variance..." -- difference
- "There is little variance in quality." -- difference between similar things