residue vs remainder

remainder vs residue

residue and remainder both are nouns.

residue is not a verb while remainder is a verb.

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

As nouns, residue and remainder are synonyms defined as:

residue and remainder: something left after other parts have been taken away

Other synonyms of residue include balance, residual, residuum, rest.

residue (noun)	remainder (noun)
something left after other parts have been taken away	a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
matter that remains after something has been removed	the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
	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

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

Difference between residue and remainder

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