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Definition of vary : 1. Alteration; change.
2. To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
3. 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.
4. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
5. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
6. To deviate; to depart; to swerve; - followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.
7. To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
8. To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.
9. To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.
10. To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.

Synonyms:

revamp, divert, take off, differentiate, same, exchange, commute, qualify, transfer, stand out, leave, stick out, castrate, switch, swerve, wake up, go away, recast, take leave, enliven, ignite, liven up, variegate, sidetrack, straggle, deepen, range, agree, remain, transmute, substitute, distinguish, be nothing like, make over, turn into, snap, interchange, pull up stakes, reverse, embroider, spice up, sparkle, falsify, set out, interpolate, perk up, go, motley, parti-color, dissent, alternate, revise, start, make into, run, disagree, start out, metamorphose, collide, extend, part, turn, discord, neuter, remodel, rework, spay, contrast, set off, bring something to life, disaccord, redo, set forth, quit, remake, refashion

diversify, convert, transform, set, reform, adjust, modify, adapt, deviate, fluctuate, transpose, mutate, modulate, alter, vacillate, transfigure, transit, change

diverge, digress, stray, veer, wander, differ

diffract, depart, drift, refract, shift, deflect

Usage examples:

• The eggs vary in number from three to five." - "The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1", Allan O. Hume.
• Such proportions vary even with a new house. - "If You're Going to Live in the Country", Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley.
• But- could we not vary the conversation by talking about you a little? - "A Tale of a Lonely Parish", F. Marion Crawford.