remainder vs remnant

remainder and remnant both are nouns.

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

As nouns, remainder and remnant are synonyms defined as:

remainder and remnant: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

Other synonyms of remainder include end, oddment.

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

remainder: something left after other parts have been taken away
remnant: a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

Other hyponyms of remainder include leftover.

remainder (noun)	remnant (noun)
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold	a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend	a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
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)	remnant (verb)
sell cheaply as remainders