Remaining vs Extant - What's the difference?
remaining | extant |
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
, 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.
which remains, especially after something else has been removed
Still in existence.
* 1661 , ,
Currently existing; not having disappeared.
Still alive; not extinct.
As adjectives the difference between remaining and extant
is that remaining is which remains, especially after something else has been removed while extant is still in existence.As a verb remaining
is .As a noun remaining
is an act or occurrence by which someone or something remains.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)citation
Usage notes
* Also used as gerund.Synonyms
* rest * balanceAdjective
(-)- May I have the only remaining cake?
Synonyms
* left * survivingextant
English
Adjective
(-)The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant