Remains vs Smolder - What's the difference?
remains | smolder |
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)
(US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.
(figuratively) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
As verbs the difference between remains and smolder
is that remains is (remain) while smolder is (us) to burn with no flame and little smoke.As a noun remains
is what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.remains
English
(wikipedia remains)Noun
(en-plural noun)- The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
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.}}
Verb
(head)- We'll go ahead, while she remains here.
smolder
English
Alternative forms
* smoulder (chiefly British)Verb
(en verb)- The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.