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Artifact vs Remnant - What's the difference?

artifact | remnant |

As nouns the difference between artifact and remnant

is that artifact is an object made or shaped by human hand while remnant is the small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.

As an adjective remnant is

remaining; still left.

artifact

English

Alternative forms

* artefact

Noun

(en noun)
  • An object made or shaped by human hand.
  • (archaeology) An object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
    • The dig produced many Roman artifacts .
  • Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.
  • * "The very act of looking at a naked model was an artifact of male supremacy" (Philip Weiss).
  • A structure or finding in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.
    • The spot on his lung turned out to be an artifact of the X-ray process.
  • An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
  • (computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in a digital image, audio or video file as a result of applying a lossy compression algorithm.
    • This JPEG image has been so highly compressed that it has too many unsightly compression artifacts , making it unsuitable for the cover of our magazine.

    References

    * * "artefact" is the preferred spelling in Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary'', with ''artifact listed as a variant. * "artifact" is preferred by the Oxford English Dictionary and most American dictionaries.

    remnant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * remnaunt (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
  • The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
    • Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.
  • An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (Small remaining portion) relic, residue, remainder * (Unsold end of piece goods) remains * the'' rest ''of

    Derived terms

    * nova remnant * supernova remnant

    Related terms

    * remain * remanent

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) Remaining; still left.
  • * Fuller
    • Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.
  • * Prior
    • And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.

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