Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "bambamta" ita ce inganci ko yanayin zama daban-daban, wanda ke nufin kasantuwar ko wanzuwar abubuwa masu yawa, halaye, ko halaye daban-daban a cikin wata ƙungiya, al'umma, ko mahalli. Yana nuna iri-iri, iri-iri, ko bambance-bambance tsakanin membobi ko sassan gaba daya. Bambance-bambance na iya bayyana ta nau'i daban-daban kamar bambancin launin fata, ƙabila, jinsi, addini, al'ada, harshe, imani, ra'ayi, hangen nesa, ko gogewa. Hakanan yana iya komawa ga yanayin bambance-bambancen, bambanta, ko nau'i-nau'i.