varying

/ˈver-ē/

Middle English varien, borrowed from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French varier, borrowed from Latin variāre "to mark with contrasting colors, give variety to, make changeable," derivative of varius "having contrasting colors, of different kinds, changeable," of uncertain origin

verb

  1. to make a partial change in : make different in some attribute or characteristic

  2. to make differences between items in : diversify

  3. to exhibit or undergo change

change alter vary modify mean to make or become different. change implies making either an essential difference often amounting to a loss of original identity or a substitution of one thing for another. alter implies a difference in some particular respect without suggesting loss of identity.

noun

  1. snowshoe hare

noun

  1. a hare (Lepus americanus) of northern North America with heavy fur on the hind feet and a coat that in most populations is brown in the summer but usually white in the winter —called also snowshoe rabbit, varying hare