different between remaining vs regaining

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???me?n??/
• Rhymes: -e?n??

Verb

remaining

1. present participle of remain

   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

remaining (plural remainings)

1. (uncountable, now obsolete or in theology) An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains
2. (countable, rare) remnant.

Usage notes

• Also used as gerund.

Synonyms

• rest
• balance

Adjective

remaining (not comparable)

1. Which remains, especially after something else has been removed.

   May I have the only remaining cake?

Synonyms

• left
• surviving

Translations

English

Verb

regaining

1. simple past tense and past participle of regain

Noun

regaining (plural regainings)

1. The act by which something is regained.
   • 1842, The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (page 339)

     We conceive that an alternation of such losings and regainings will continue to be presented in England, until the whole business is set on a new and more stable basis by a revolution which shall not be moral only.

   • 1926, Samuel Kleinberg, Scoliosis: Rotary Lateral Curvature of the Spine (page 194)

     The left knee is placed as far back and as near the median line as possible; the spine is strongly bent to the right. The creeping consists of forward locomotion by a series of reversals and regainings of the position described.