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Remnant vs Remaining - What's the difference?

remnant | remaining |

As nouns the difference between remnant and remaining

is that remnant is the small portion remaining of a larger thing or group while remaining is an act or occurrence by which someone or something remains.

As adjectives the difference between remnant and remaining

is that remnant is remaining; still left while remaining is which remains, especially after something else has been removed.

As a verb remaining is

present participle of lang=en.

remnant

English

Alternative forms

* remnaunt (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
  • The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
    • Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.
  • An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (Small remaining portion) relic, residue, remainder * (Unsold end of piece goods) remains * the'' rest ''of

    Derived terms

    * nova remnant * supernova remnant

    Related terms

    * remain * remanent

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) Remaining; still left.
  • * Fuller
    • Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.
  • * Prior
    • And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.

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    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