remainder vs fag end

fag end vs remainder

remainder and fag end both are nouns.

remainder is a verb but fag end is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
remainder	Yes	No	Yes	No
fag end	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fag end is a hyponym of remainder; that is, fag end is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than remainder:

remainder: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
fag end: the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope

remainder (noun)	fag end (noun)
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold	the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend	the time of the last part of something
the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
something left after other parts have been taken away

remainder (verb)	fag end (verb)
sell cheaply as remainders

Difference between remainder and fag end

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