Term: variation: the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
Candidate hypernym: change: the action of changing something → 1
Candidate hypernym: protocol: code of correct conduct → 0
Candidate hypernym: shortgrass: any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains → 0
Candidate hypernym: pemmican: lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians → 0
Candidate hypernym: mimamsa: (from the Sanskrit word for `reflection' or `interpretation') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on the Upanishads → 0
Candidate hypernym: micmac: a member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada → 0
Candidate hypernym: cleavage: the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules → 0
Candidate hypernym: ethnic cleansing: the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area → 0
Candidate hypernym: creeping st john's wort: creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover → 0
Candidate hypernym: ceratostomella: genus of fungi forming continuous hyaline spores → 0
Candidate hypernym: hymenogastrales: an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes) → 0