Variety vs. Varietal — What's the Difference?

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

A varietal wine is a wine made primarily from a single named grape variety, and which typically displays the name of that variety on the wine label. Examples of grape varieties commonly used in varietal wines are Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot.

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).

Of, indicating, or characterizing a variety, especially a biological variety.

The quality or condition of being various or varied; diversity

A wine made principally from one variety of grape and carrying the name of that grape.

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

(biology) Pertaining to a distinct variety of organism.

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

Made from a single specific variety (especially of grapes in wine).

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

(linguistics) Of or relating to a variety of a language.

(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.

A wine made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of grape, which carries the name of that grape.

A variety show.

(by extension) A coffee made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of coffee bean.

(countable)

Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.

A deviation or difference.

A specific variation of something.

A collection or number of different things.

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(uncountable)

The quality of being varied; diversity.

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

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

That which is various.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

A collection containing a variety of sorts of things;

Noticeable heterogeneity;

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

A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

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

A difference that is usually pleasant;