breach vs variance

breach

noun
  • A breaking out upon; an assault. 

  • The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. 

  • A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment 

  • A difference in opinions, social class etc. 

  • A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves 

  • A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out. 

  • A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence 

verb
  • To break into a ship or into a coastal defence. 

  • To make a breach in. 

  • To leap out of the water. 

  • To violate or break. 

  • To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc. 

variance

noun
  • The state of differing or being in conflict. 

  • A discrepancy between two legal documents. 

  • A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint. 

  • An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations. 

  • The act of varying or the state of being variable. 

  • The number of degrees of freedom in a system. 

  • Covariance and contravariance generally. 

  • A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation. 

  • The second central moment in probability. 

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