remainder vs component

component vs remainder

remainder and component both are nouns.

remainder is a verb but component is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
remainder	Yes	No	Yes	No
component	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, component is a hypernym of remainder; that is, component is a word with a broader meaning than remainder:

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

Other hypernyms of remainder include component part, constituent, part, portion.

remainder (noun)	component (noun)
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold	an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend	an abstract part of something
the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor	something determined in relation to something that includes it
something left after other parts have been taken away

remainder (verb)	component (verb)
sell cheaply as remainders

Difference between remainder and component

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