The difference between Remains and Remnant

When used as nouns, remains means what is left after a person (or any organism) dies, whereas remnant means the small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.


Remnant is also adjective with the meaning: remaining.

check bellow for the other definitions of Remains and Remnant

  1. Remains as a noun:

    What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

    Examples:

    "They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery."

    "The victim's remains were one small piece of bone."

  2. Remains as a noun:

    Historical or archaeological relics.

  3. Remains as a noun:

    The extant writings of a deceased person.

    Examples:

    "To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness."

  4. Remains as a noun:

    All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

    Examples:

    "He couldn't bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner."

  1. Remains as a noun (rare):

  1. Remains as a verb:

    Examples:

    "We'll go ahead, while she remains here."

  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.

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