Standard
Standard adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
Variant
Variant adjective - Exhibiting variation and change.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Calamari Surprise, a variant of the immediately preceding item, but with tentacles as the restraining devices instead of standard bondage equipment.
Source: Touch of the Monster - As a variant, Abbott gets a few dollars off of Costello by counting 10 dollars in a non-standard fashion.
Source: Quick Change -
The variant you can unlock for purchase has the Z'Gok E's standard steel blue paint.
Source: Video Game / Tokyo Xtreme Racer
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Variant and Standard. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/standard/variant
Standard & Variant. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/standard/variant>.
Variant or Standard. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/standard/variant.
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