Leftover vs Remainder - What's the difference?
leftover | remainder |
Remaining; left behind; extra; in reserve.
(chiefly, in the plural, usually, of food) Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack.
Something left behind; an excess or remainder.
A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.
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(mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If (n) (dividend) and d'' (divisor) are integers, then (n) can always be expressed in the form ''n = dq + r'', where ''q'' (quotient) and ''r'' (remainder ) are also integers and 0 ≤ ''r'' < ''d .
(mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction
(commerce) Excessive stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
(legal) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined
remaining
(commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
Remainder is a synonym of leftover.
As adjectives the difference between leftover and remainder
is that leftover is remaining; left behind; extra; in reserve while remainder is remaining.As nouns the difference between leftover and remainder
is that leftover is something left behind; an excess or remainder while remainder is a part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.As a verb remainder is
to mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.leftover
English
Alternative forms
* left over, left-overAdjective
(-)- Do you want some of the leftover supplies from the event?
- I have some leftover spaghetti in the fridge, so I don't plan to cook tonight.
- Not leftovers again.
Usage notes
* When used after a verb (as part of a predicate phrase), use two separate words: *: I can walk for miles and still have energy left over.Noun
(en noun)- It's a leftover from yesterday, but it's still perfectly good.
- The entire wheel of cheese is a leftover from the party.
remainder
English
(wikipedia remainder)Alternative forms
* R (mathematics)Noun
(en noun)- ''My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder .
- ''You can have the remainder of my clothes.
- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
- ''17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.
- ''11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.
- ''10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6
- ''I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder .
Synonyms
* (a part or parts remaining) remnant, residue, rest * surplusDerived terms
* remainderman * contingent remainderSee also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend * modulusSee also
* remaindermanAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* leftoverVerb
(en verb)- ''The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer at a reduced price.