Difference (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">difference</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for contrast that I've seen before include "Difference in comparison" , "Degree of difference in colour tones" , "Disparity" , "No tracts by way of difference" , "Distinction" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">difference</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(variance is a kind of difference)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for variance that I've seen before include "Dissension" , "Change" , "Difference, discrepancy" , "Discrepancy, divergence" , "Not the main attraction" .)
(Other definitions for same that I've seen before include "uniform" , "Identical, unchanged" , "Aforesaid" , "Equal in amount or value" , "Identical, not different" .)