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

  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."

  1. Remnant as a noun:

    The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.

  2. 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."

  3. Remnant as a noun:

    An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

  1. Remnant as an adjective (archaic):

    Remaining; still left.