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'Variety' and 'various'
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Variety is a noun and various is an adjective; they are related words because they share the same Latin roots.
Variety means "a number of different things":
I like a wide variety of music.
He has a variety of health problems.
The museum has aircraft of every variety.
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Various is used to refer to several different things or many different things:
Various bands will be performing.
We stopped at various places along the way.
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