vary

To be different at different times or in different places or situations.

• Prices vary widely.
• The rules vary from country to country.
• Their answers varied in detail.

How to use it: vary from A to B (Prices vary from shop to shop.); vary in something (These apples vary in size.); vary between A and B (Temperatures vary between ten and twenty degrees.)

Similar words: differ, change

Common phrases: vary widely, vary in size, vary between places

To change as time passes or as something else changes.

• The temperature varies throughout the day.
• Her energy levels varied with her workload.
• The amount of light varies over time.

How to use it: vary with something (Demand varies with the season.)

Similar words: change, fluctuate

Common phrases: vary with age, vary over time

To change something so it is different or includes different things.

• Try to vary your meals.
• She varied the exercises each week.
• You can vary the pace to suit the children.

Similar words: change, alter, modify

Common phrases: vary your diet, vary the routine, vary the pace