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Remaining vs Redundant - What's the difference?

remaining | redundant |

As adjectives the difference between remaining and redundant

is that remaining is which remains, especially after something else has been removed while redundant is superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.

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)
  • 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

    redundant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
  • Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
  • (chiefly, British) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered redundant".
  • Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.
  • * 2013 , Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems , page 142:
  • The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.

    Antonyms

    * non-redundant