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Residual vs Subsiding - What's the difference?

residual | subsiding |

As nouns the difference between residual and subsiding

is that residual is a remainder left over at the end of some process while subsiding is the act by which something subsides.

As an adjective residual

is of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

As a verb subsiding is

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residual

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
  • Synonyms

    * residuary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A remainder left over at the end of some process.
  • (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
  • subsiding

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something subsides.
  • * 1871 , Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific
  • With such violent subterranean forces in operation, even at the present day, it is easy to apprehend how numerous must have been the uprisings and subsidings of the solid matter of the earth in this region during bye-gone ages.