Form and Variant

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Form noun - (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups.

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Variant is a synonym for form in account topic. In some cases you can use "Variant" instead a noun "Form".

Nearby Words: formal, formation, formed, formality, formless

Variant noun - (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups.

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Form is a synonym for variant in account topic. You can use "Form" instead a noun "Variant", if it concerns topics such as variation.

Nearby Words: variation, variance, variability

human	human form	human variant
female	female form	female variant
rare	rare form	rare variant
full	full form	full variant
Other adjectives: similar, normal, usual, common, specific, standard, original, mild, popular, powerful, actual, male, extreme, new, unique, limited, strange, different, stronger, upgraded.

The protagonists of Mega Man ZX Advent are both true form and a variant of preferred form; their shapeshifting is linked to a Transformation Trinket, so their true form is what they are when they're not using it.

Source: Shapeshifter Default Form
If it's the transformed variant, sometimes the reflection will show their original form instead of their current form.

Source: Rage Against the Reflection
Another nitpicky note: note "Teufelshunde" is the correct nominative form - the "Teufelshunden" variant, however is not, being the dative form.

Source: Primal Stance

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