The difference between Lave and Remainder

When used as nouns, lave means the remainder, rest, whereas remainder means a part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.

When used as verbs, lave means to pour or throw out, as water, whereas remainder means to mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.


Remainder is also adjective with the meaning: remaining.

check bellow for the other definitions of Lave and Remainder

  1. Lave as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  2. Lave as a verb (transitive):

    To draw, as water; drink in.

  3. Lave as a verb (transitive):

    To give bountifully; lavish.

  4. Lave as a verb (intransitive):

    To run down or gutter, as a candle.

  5. Lave as a verb (intransitive, dialectal):

    To hang or flap down.

  6. Lave as a verb (ambitransitive, archaic):

    To wash.

  1. Lave as a noun:

    The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.

  2. Lave as a noun:

    A crowd

  1. Remainder as a noun:

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

    Examples:

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

    "You can have the remainder of my clothes."

  2. Remainder as a noun (mathematics):

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

    Examples:

    "17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3."

    "11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1."

  3. Remainder as a noun (mathematics):

    The number left over after a simple subtraction

    Examples:

    "10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6"

  4. Remainder as a noun (commerce):

    Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

    Examples:

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

  5. Remainder as a noun (legal):

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

  1. Remainder as an adjective:

    Remaining.

  1. Remainder as a verb (commerce):

    To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

    Examples:

    "The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer at a reduced price."

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