Both Uses of
vary
in
Murder On The Orient Express
- The first and most important is a remark made to me by M. Bouc in the restaurant car at lunch on the first day after leaving Stamboul-to the effect that the company assembled was interesting because it was so varied-representing as it did all classes and nationalities.†
Chpt 3.9varied = differed; or changed
- In America there might be a household composed of just such varied nationalities-an Italian chauffeur, an English governess, a Swedish nurse, a German lady's-maid, and so on.†
Chpt 3.9 *
Definition:
to be different, or to change
Vary is often used to describe small differences or changes--especially about things of the same type. It would be more common to say "The weight of full-grown elephants varies depending upon diet and other factors," than to say "The weight of elephants varies from that of mice."