The difference between Linger and Remain
When used as verbs, linger means to stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so, whereas remain means to stay behind while others withdraw.
Remain is also noun with the meaning: that which is left.
check bellow for the other definitions of Linger and Remain
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Linger as a verb (intransitive):
To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.
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Linger as a verb (intransitive):
To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
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Linger as a verb (intransitive, often followed by {{m, on):
}} To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
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Remain as a noun (mostly, in the plural):
That which is left; relic; remainder.
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Remain as a noun (in the plural):
That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
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Remain as a noun:
Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
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Remain as a noun (obsolete):
State of remaining; stay.
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Remain as a verb:
To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
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Remain as a verb:
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
Examples:
"There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry."
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Remain as a verb:
To await; to be left to.
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Remain as a verb (copulative):
To continue in a state of being.
Examples:
"The light remained red for two full minutes."