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Reflecting vs Remaining - What's the difference?

reflecting | remaining |

As verbs the difference between reflecting and remaining

is that reflecting is while remaining is .

As nouns the difference between reflecting and remaining

is that reflecting is an instance of while remaining is an act or occurrence by which someone or something remains.

As adjectives the difference between reflecting and remaining

is that reflecting is that reflects while remaining is which remains, especially after something else has been removed.

reflecting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of
  • *
    • The illusory reflectings of the moon.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That reflects.
    • a reflecting pool
  • That utilizes reflection.
    • a reflecting telescope

    Derived terms

    * reflecting circle * reflecting galvanometer * reflecting goniometer * reflecting pool * reflecting telescope

    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)
  • 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 citation
    • , 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.

    • Usage notes

    * Also used as gerund.

    Synonyms

    * rest * balance

    Adjective

    (-)
  • which remains, especially after something else has been removed
    • May I have the only remaining cake?

    Synonyms

    * left * surviving