different between remains vs remnant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???me?nz/
• Rhymes: -e?nz
• Hyphenation: re?mains

Noun

remains pl (plural only)

1. What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

   The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.

2. Historical or archaeological relics.
4. The extant writings of a deceased person.

5. All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

Translations

Noun

remains

1. (rare) plural of remain

Verb

remains

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of remain

   We'll go ahead, while she remains here.

Anagrams

• Amrines, Erisman, Mainers, Marines, Merinas, Minears, Reimans, Reisman, Riemans, mainers, maresin, marines, seminar, sirname

English

Alternative forms

• remnaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Anglo-Norman remanant, present participle of remaindre, from Latin remane?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???mn?nt/
• Hyphenation: rem?nant

Noun

remnant (plural remnants)

1. The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
2. 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.

3. An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

Synonyms

• (small remaining portion): relic, residue, remainder, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
• (unsold end of piece goods): remains

Derived terms

• nova remnant
• supernova remnant

Related terms

• remain
• remanent

Translations

Adjective

remnant (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Remaining; still left.
   • 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre

     Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.

   • 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure

     And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.

Further reading

• remnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• remnant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• remnant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• manrent