The difference between Remainder and Remnant
When used as nouns, remainder means a part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed, whereas remnant means the small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
When used as adjectives, remainder means remaining, whereas remnant means remaining.
Remainder is also verb with the meaning: to mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
check bellow for the other definitions of Remainder and Remnant
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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."
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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."
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Remainder as a noun (mathematics):
The number left over after a simple subtraction
Examples:
"10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6"
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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."
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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
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Remainder as an adjective:
Remaining.
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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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Remnant as a noun:
The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
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Remnant as a noun:
The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
Examples:
"Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make [[quilt]]s."
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Remnant as a noun:
An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
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Remnant as an adjective (archaic):
Remaining; still left.