diff --git a/client/src/lib.rs b/client/src/lib.rs
index 5912f15674..9d2e4846d2 100644
--- a/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/client/src/lib.rs
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ impl Client {
                 {
                     if last_character_states
                         .get(entity)
-                        .map(|l| !client_character_state.equals(&l.0))
+                        .map(|l| !client_character_state.same_variant(&l.0))
                         .unwrap_or(true)
                     {
                         let _ = last_character_states
diff --git a/common/src/comp/character_state.rs b/common/src/comp/character_state.rs
index a51b3ba808..7a9c08c499 100644
--- a/common/src/comp/character_state.rs
+++ b/common/src/comp/character_state.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl CharacterState {
     }
 
     /// Compares for shallow equality (does not check internal struct equality)
-    pub fn equals(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+    pub fn same_variant(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
         // Check if state is the same without looking at the inner data
         std::mem::discriminant(self) == std::mem::discriminant(other)
     }
diff --git a/voxygen/src/scene/figure/mod.rs b/voxygen/src/scene/figure/mod.rs
index 0944c8615b..de3fbdb816 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/scene/figure/mod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/scene/figure/mod.rs
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ impl FigureMgr {
                         _ => continue,
                     };
 
-                    if !character.equals(&last_character.0) {
+                    if !character.same_variant(&last_character.0) {
                         state.state_time = 0.0;
                     }
 
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ impl FigureMgr {
                         _ => continue,
                     };
 
-                    if !character.equals(&last_character.0) {
+                    if !character.same_variant(&last_character.0) {
                         state.state_time = 0.0;
                     }
 
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ impl FigureMgr {
                         _ => continue,
                     };
 
-                    if !character.equals(&last_character.0) {
+                    if !character.same_variant(&last_character.0) {
                         state.state_time = 0.0;
                     }
 
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ impl FigureMgr {
                         _ => continue,
                     };
 
-                    if !character.equals(&last_character.0) {
+                    if !character.same_variant(&last_character.0) {
                         state.state_time = 0.0;
                     }
 
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ impl FigureMgr {
                         _ => continue,
                     };
 
-                    if !character.equals(&last_character.0) {
+                    if !character.same_variant(&last_character.0) {
                         state.state_time = 0.0;
                     }
 
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ impl FigureMgr {
                         _ => continue,
                     };
 
-                    if !character.equals(&last_character.0) {
+                    if !character.same_variant(&last_character.0) {
                         state.state_time = 0.0;
                     }
 
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ impl FigureMgr {
                         _ => continue,
                     };
 
-                    if !character.equals(&last_character.0) {
+                    if !character.same_variant(&last_character.0) {
                         state.state_time = 0.0;
                     }
 
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ impl FigureMgr {
                         _ => continue,
                     };
 
-                    if !character.equals(&last_character.0) {
+                    if !character.same_variant(&last_character.0) {
                         state.state_time = 0.0;
                     }
 
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ impl FigureMgr {
                         _ => continue,
                     };
 
-                    if !character.equals(&last_character.0) {
+                    if !character.same_variant(&last_character.0) {
                         state.state_time = 0.0;
                     }
 
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ impl FigureMgr {
                         _ => continue,
                     };
 
-                    if !character.equals(&last_character.0) {
+                    if !character.same_variant(&last_character.0) {
                         state.state_time = 0.0;
                     }