Remainder vs Ruin - What's the difference?
remainder | ruin |
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.
The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall, / And one promiscuous ruin' cover all; / Nor, after length of years, a stone betray / The place where once the very ' ruins lay.
*(Joseph Stevens Buckminster) (1751-1812)
*:The labour of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword (lb) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
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(lb) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
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*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin —but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
(lb) A fall or tumble.
*(George Chapman) (1559-1634)
*:His ruin startled the other steeds.
A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
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*(Thomas Gray) (1716-1771)
*:Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!
to cause the ruin of.
* 1883 ,
To destroy or make something no longer usable.
* Longfellow
To upset or mess up the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil.
As nouns the difference between remainder and ruin
is that remainder is a part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed while ruin is .As an adjective remainder
is remaining.As a verb remainder
is (commerce) to mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.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.
ruin
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=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
(en verb)- In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us; for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted...
- He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.
- By the fireside there are old men seated, / Seeling ruined cities in the ashes.
- My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.