different between remnant vs remainder

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

English

Alternative forms

• remainer (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???me?nd?/, /???me?nd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???me?nd?/
• Rhymes: -e?nd?(?)

Noun

remainder (plural remainders)

1. A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.

   My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.

   You can have the remainder of my clothes.
2. (mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ? r < d.

   17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

   11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.

3. (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction

   10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6

5. (commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

   I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder.

6. (law) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

Synonyms

• (a part or parts remaining): remnant, residue, rest, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
• surplus

Antonyms

• (a part or parts remaining): dearth, deficiency, deficit, shortage, undersupply

Derived terms

• R (mathematics)
• remainderman
• contingent remainder

See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
• modulus

Translations

See also

• remainderman

Adjective

remainder (not comparable)

1. Remaining.

Synonyms

• leftover

Translations

Verb

remainder (third-person singular simple present remainders, present participle remaindering, simple past and past participle remaindered)

1. (transitive, commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

   The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English remainder.

Noun

remainder m (invariable)

1. A remainder, (book) sold at reduced price