If things vary, they are different from each other in size, amount, or degree. As they're handmade, each one varies slightly The text varies from the earlier versions Different writers will prepare to varying degrees. = differ
If something varies or if you vary it, it becomes different or changed. The cost of the alcohol duty varies according to the amount of wine in the bottle You are welcome to vary the diet. = change see also varied
make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather
To deviate; to depart; to swerve; followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason
To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights
To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another
To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate