linger vs vary

linger

verb
  • To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so. 

  • To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. 

  • To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion. 

vary

verb
  • To be or act different from the usual. 

  • To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate. 

  • To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation. 

  • Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter. 

  • To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify. 

  • To change with time or a similar parameter. 

  • To display differences. 

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