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Remains vs Heritage - What's the difference?

remains | heritage |

As nouns the difference between remains and heritage

is that remains is what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse while heritage is heritage, inheritance, legacy.

As a verb remains

is (remain).

remains

English

(wikipedia remains)

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
    • The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
  • Historical or archaeological relics.
  • (senseid)The extant writings of a deceased person.
  • All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […]  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.}}
  • (rare)  .

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (remain)
    • We'll go ahead, while she remains here.

    Anagrams

    * * * English pluralia tantum English plurals

    heritage

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
  • A tradition; something that can be passed down from preceding generations.
  • A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
  • (attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
    • The university requires heritage''' Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-'''heritage students.