Relict vs Remnant - What's the difference?
relict | remnant |
(formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
# (archaic) The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
#* 1801 , in the Reports of cases decided in the High court of Chancery of Maryland , volume 3, page 268:
#* 1973 , Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise :
# (biology, ecology) A species, organism or ecosystem which has survived from a previous age: one which was once widespread but which is now found only in a few areas.
#* 2010', M. Zimmerman et al., in '''''Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology (edited by Jan Christian Habel, Thorsten Assmann), page 324:
# (geology) A structure or other feature which has survived from a previous age.
#* 2011 , Mark Keiter, Chris Ballhaus, Frank Tomaschek, A New Geological Map of the Island of Syros (Aegean Sea, Greece) , page 16:
# (linguistics) A survival of an archaic word, language or other form.
Surviving, remaining.
That is a ; pertaining to a relict.
* 1992 , , page 97:
The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
(archaic) Remaining; still left.
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As nouns the difference between relict and remnant
is that relict is (formal) something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic while remnant is the small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.As adjectives the difference between relict and remnant
is that relict is surviving, remaining while remnant is (archaic) remaining; still left.relict
English
(wikipedia relict)Noun
(en noun)- Upon which the Chancellor, by way of note said, 'it is suggested, that there is a relict of the deceased, married to another man, who has joined her in a power of attorney to authorize the sale of her interest, '
- But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence , an assured future.
- The species may be a relict of former stages of historical vegetation and landscape development resulting from past climate changes (glacial and post- glacial periods).
- Dark rims around the pillows are caused by glaucophane enrichment, possibly a relict of a primary interaction between basalt and seawater, causing Na- enrichment in the original glass crust of the pillows.
- A small number of linguists believe that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic.
Adjective
(-)- In the lakes and in the streams were species of fish not known elsewhere on earth and birds and lizards and other forms of life as well all long relict here for the desert stretched away on every side.
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English
Alternative forms
* remnaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.
Synonyms
* (Small remaining portion) relic, residue, remainder * (Unsold end of piece goods) remains * the'' rest ''ofDerived terms
* nova remnant * supernova remnantAdjective
(-)- Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.
- And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.