Both Uses of
variation
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry tried every variation of "I need to see what Draco Malfoy is doing inside you" that he could think of for a whole hour, at the end of which he was forced to concede that Hermione might have had a point: The room simply did not want to open for him.†
Chpt 21
- Half an hour later, hav-ing tried many more variations of his request to see what Malfoy was up to, the wall was just as doorless as ever.†
Chpt 21 *
Definition:
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(variation as in: a variation on a theme) something that is different than others of its type (synonyms could include: adaptation, version, alternate form)