Discrepancy (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">discrepancy</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for variation that I've seen before include "Departure from the norm" , "Discrepancy" , "Change, difference" , "Slight difference" , "Slight change" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">discrepancy</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that discrepancy can be written as variance)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for variance that I've seen before include "Not the main attraction" , "Difference, discrepancy" , "disagreement" , "Change" , "Dissension" .)