The difference between Take exception and Vary

When used as verbs, take exception means to take offense, whereas vary means to change with time or a similar parameter.


Vary is also noun with the meaning: alteration.

check bellow for the other definitions of Take exception and Vary

  1. Take exception as a verb (often with the preposition ''to''):

    To take offense; to object or protest.

    Examples:

    "I think he took exception to the joke about environmentalists."

    "I take exception to the assumption that simply because I am young I am not able to discern fact from fiction."

  2. Take exception as a verb:

    To object to; to disagree with.

  1. Vary as a verb (transitive):

    To change with time or a similar parameter.

    Examples:

    "He varies his magic tricks so as to minimize the possibility that any given audience member will see the same trick twice."

  2. Vary as a verb (transitive):

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

    Examples:

    "You should vary your diet. Eating just bread will do you harm in the end."

  3. Vary as a verb (intransitive):

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

    Examples:

    "His mood varies by the hour."

    "The sine function varies between −1 and 1."

  4. Vary as a verb (of the members of a group, intransitive):

    To display differences.

    Examples:

    "The sprouting tendency of potatoes varies between cultivars, years and places of growing."

  5. Vary as a verb (intransitive):

    To be or act different from the usual.

    Examples:

    "I'm not comfortable with <code>3.Nc3</code> in the Caro-Kann, so I decided to vary and play <code>exd5</code>."

  6. Vary as a verb (transitive):

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

  7. Vary as a verb (transitive, music):

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

  8. Vary as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.

  1. Vary as a noun (obsolete):

    alteration; change.

    Examples:

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