Style vs. Variety — What's the Difference?

A particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way

The quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity or monotony

A distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed

A taxonomic category that ranks below subspecies (where present) or species, its members differing from others of the same subspecies or species in minor but permanent or heritable characteristics. Varieties are more often recognized in botany, in which they are designated in the style Apium graveolens (var. dulce).

Fashionable elegance and sophistication

The quality or condition of being various or varied; diversity

(in a flower) a narrow, typically elongated extension of the ovary, bearing the stigma.

A number or collection of varied things, especially of a particular group; an assortment

(in an invertebrate) a small, slender pointed appendage; a stylet.

Something that is distinguished from others of the same kind by a specific characteristic or set of characteristics

Archaic term for stylus (sense 2)

A form of a language that is used by a specific social group and differs from forms used by other social groups

Design or make in a particular form

(Biology) A taxonomic subdivision of a species or subspecies consisting of a group of naturally occurring or selectively bred individuals that differ from other individuals of the species in certain minor characteristics.

Designate with a particular name, description, or title

A variety show.

The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed

(countable)

The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.

A deviation or difference.

Sort; type

A specific variation of something.

A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes

A collection or number of different things.

A comfortable and elegant mode of existence

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A mode of living

(uncountable)

The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue

The quality of being varied; diversity.

A particular fashion

The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.

A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement

The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

A name or title

That which is various.

An implement used for etching or engraving.

A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.

A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.

Such entertainment as in given in variety shows; the production of, or performance in, variety shows.

The needle of a phonograph.

Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.

The gnomon of a sundial.

An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.

(Botany) The usually slender part of a pistil, connecting the ovary and the stigma.

In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.

(Zoology) A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process

A collection containing a variety of sorts of things;

(Medicine) A surgical probing instrument; a stylet.

Noticeable heterogeneity;

(Obsolete) A pen.

(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differe from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics;

To design or fashion in a certain way

A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

To arrange (hair) in a certain way, as by cutting, coloring, or curling.

A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality;

To call or name; designate

A difference that is usually pleasant;

To make consistent with rules of style

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.

(historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.

A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.

The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.

(botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.

(surgery) A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.

(zoology) A small, thin, pointed body part.

(by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.

A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.

A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.

A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.

A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.

(computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.

A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces.

(transitive) To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style)

To call or give a name or title to.

To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.

To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.

Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use.

A pen; an author's pen.

Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.

A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.

Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result.

A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.

Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.

A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects.

Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty.

The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon.

A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.

To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.

A particular kind (as to appearance);

How something is done or how it happens;

A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period;

Distinctive and stylish elegance;

The popular taste at a given time;

(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma

Editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display

A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving;

A slender bristlelike or tubular process;

Designate by an identifying term;

Make consistent with a certain fashion or style;

Make consistent with certain rules of style;