Rem vs Ream - What's the difference?
rem | ream |
rapid eye movement
remaining time: In music, the time remaining in a track.
(computing) A programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
(chemistry) rare earth metal(s).
To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
* Sir Walter Scott
To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
To remove (material) by reaming.
To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
(slang) To yell at or berate.
(slang, vulgar) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
An abstract large amount of something.
As nouns the difference between rem and ream
is that rem is rapid eye movement while ream is cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.As a verb ream is
to cream; mantle; foam; froth.rem
English
(rapid eye movement)Alternative forms
* * (rare) remEtymology 1
From the initial letters of rapid eye movement.Noun
(-)Derived terms
* REM sleepEtymology 2
Shortened from remaining.Noun
(-)Etymology 3
Shortened from remark.Noun
(-)Etymology 4
Shortened from rare earth metal.Noun
(-)Anagrams
*ream
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) reme, rem, from (etyl) . See also (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)- a huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret
Etymology 2
From (etyl) remen, rimen, . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)Etymology 3
From (etyl) reeme, from (etyl) raime, .Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- I can't go - I still have reams of work left.
