Legacy vs Remains - What's the difference?
legacy | remains |
(legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will
Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage
The descendant of an alumnus
(computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain
left behind; old or no longer in active use
What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
Historical or archaeological relics.
(senseid)The extant writings of a deceased person.
All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
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(remain)
As nouns the difference between legacy and remains
is that legacy is (legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will while remains is what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.As an adjective legacy
is (computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain.As a verb remains is
(remain).legacy
English
Noun
(legacies)- left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.
- Because she was a legacy , her mother's sorority rushed her.
Adjective
(head)- They expect it to take years to process and import all the legacy data.
- ''A legacy number or legacy identifier means a number no longer in use (for a document, for example)."
remains
English
(wikipedia remains)Noun
(en-plural noun)- The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
citation, passage=Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}
Verb
(head)- We'll go ahead, while she remains here.