different between remains vs remanent

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

Etymology

From Latin remanens, present participle of remane? (“I remain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m?n?nt/

Adjective

remanent

1. Remaining or persisting especially after an electrical or magnetic influence is removed.

   remanent magnetism; remanent induction; remanent polarization

   • 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]

     That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit.

2. (Scotland) additional

Related terms

• remain
• remainder
• remnant

Noun

remanent (plural remanents)

1. That which remains; a remnant; a residue.

Synonyms

• remains, remainder, remnant; See also Thesaurus:remainder

References

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

Anagrams

• remenant

Latin

Verb

remanent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of remane?

Romanian

Etymology

From French rémanent.

Adjective

remanent m or n (feminine singular remanent?, masculine plural remanen?i, feminine and neuter plural remanente)

1. residual

Declension