different between residual vs lingering

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1570. From residue, itself from Old French residu (Modern résidu), from Latin residuum (“a remainder”), the neuter inflection of residuus (“remaining, left over”), perfect participle of reside? (“I remain behind”) (from re- (“back, again”) + sede? (“I sit, I reside”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?d???l/, /???z?dj??l/, /???z?d??l/, /???z?dj?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?.d?u.?l/, /???z?.d??.w?l/, /???z?.d?w?l/, /???z?.d??l/, /??-/

Adjective

residual (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

Synonyms

• residuary

Translations

Noun

residual (plural residuals)

1. A remainder left over at the end of some process.
2. (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
3. (statistics) the difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest
4. (paranormal) A spiritual presence left behind in a place as a result of a person's death or some other significant event.

Derived terms

• pseudoresidual

Translations

Galician

Adjective

residual m or f (plural residuais)

1. residual

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resi?dwal/, [re.si?ð?wal]

Adjective

residual (plural residuales)

1. residual

Derived terms

• aguas residuales

Related terms

• residuo

Further reading

• “residual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From linger +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?l???????/, /?l??????/
• Hyphenation: ling?er?ing

Noun

lingering (plural lingerings)

1. gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting.
   • 2000, David S. Reynolds, A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman (page 73)

     But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings.

2. That which lingers; a remnant.

Translations

Verb

lingering

1. present participle of linger