component part vs residue

residue vs component part

component part and residue both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
component part	Yes	No	No	No
residue	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, residue is a hyponym of component part; that is, residue is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than component part:

component part: something determined in relation to something that includes it
residue: something left after other parts have been taken away

Other hyponyms of component part include substance, language unit, linguistic unit, item, point, butt, base, basis, detail, item, particular, unit, member, balance, remainder, residual, residuum, rest, subpart.

component part (noun)	residue (noun)
something determined in relation to something that includes it	something left after other parts have been taken away
	matter that remains after something has been removed

Difference between component part and residue

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