As nouns the difference between reject and residue
is that
reject is something that is rejected while
residue is whatever remains after something else has been removed.
As a verb reject
is to refuse to accept.
reject Verb
( en verb)
To refuse to accept.
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(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
Synonyms
* (refuse to accept) decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny
Antonyms
* (refuse to accept) accept, take up
Noun
( en noun)
Something that is rejected.
An unpopular person.
Synonyms
* (something that is rejected) castaway
* (an unpopular person) outcast, castaway, alien
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residue English
Noun
( en noun)
Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
(chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
(legal) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
(mathematics) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
Derived terms
* nonresidue
* quadratic residue
* residual
* residuary
Related terms
* residuum
Anagrams
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