Extra vs Remaining - What's the difference?
extra | remaining | Related terms |
Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
(dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
(informal) To an extraordinary degree.
(cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball; in Australia referred to as a sundry.
An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.
A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains
* {{quote-book, 1580, , An Answer Unto A Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation Devised by Stephen Gardiner, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=mFgYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA298, page=298, edition=1844 Parker Society ed.
, passage=For where Gelasius saith, that "there remaineth the substance or nature of bread and wine," to declare thereby the remaining of two natures in Christ, you say, that "Gelasius' saying may be verified in the last, and not in the first," that is to say, that the nature of bread and wine remaineth.}}
* {{quote-book, 1864, date=August 8, chapter=Mr Seward to Mr Pike, No. 171, author=, title=Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Part 3, year_published=1865, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA322&id=QTEWAAAAYAAJ&output=text, page=322
, passage= It is important for us to know to what extent the remaining of that naval force is advantageous, and I hope therefore, that you will seek an opportunity informally to confer upon this question,
* {{quote-book, 1975, , The Contemporary Explosion of Theology, page=39
, passage=In this steadfast remaining with the Church that he so often criticizes, Küng shows himself to be a true son of Roman Catholicism. }}
(countable, rare) Remnant.
which remains, especially after something else has been removed
Extra is a related term of remaining.
As adjectives the difference between extra and remaining
is that extra is beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary while remaining is which remains, especially after something else has been removed.As nouns the difference between extra and remaining
is that extra is (cricket) a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball; in australia referred to as a sundry while remaining is an act or occurrence by which someone or something remains.As an adverb extra
is (informal) to an extraordinary degree.As a verb remaining is
.extra
English
Adjective
(-)- extra''' work; '''extra pay
Derived terms
* extranessAdverb
(-)- That day he ran to school extra fast.
Noun
(en noun)- extra''', '''extra , read all about it!
Derived terms
* wuxtryDerived terms
* extra credit English degree adverbs ----remaining
English
Verb
(head)- They will be remaining behind. (progressive)
- My remaining at the beach house kept it from being vandalized. (gerund)
- The remaining paint shall be properly disposed of. (participle used as adjective)
Noun
(en noun)citation
Usage notes
* Also used as gerund.Synonyms
* rest * balanceAdjective
(-)- May I have the only remaining cake?