Remains vs Endures - What's the difference?
remains | endures |
What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
Historical or archaeological relics.
(senseid)The extant writings of a deceased person.
All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
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(remain)
(endure)
To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
To last.
* Bible, Job viii. 15
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
* Bible, Ezekiel xxii. 14
To suffer patiently.
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(obsolete) To indurate.
As verbs the difference between remains and endures
is that remains is (remain) while endures is .As a noun remains
is what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.remains
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(wikipedia remains)Noun
(en-plural noun)- The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
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Verb
(head)- We'll go ahead, while she remains here.
endures
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * ----endure
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Alternative forms
* enduer (obsolete) * indure (obsolete)Verb
- The singer's popularity endured for decades.
- Our love will endure forever.
- He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure .
- Can thine heart endure , or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
- He endured years of pain.
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