residuum vs remainder

remainder vs residuum

residuum and remainder both are nouns.

residuum is not a verb while remainder is a verb.

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

As nouns, residuum and remainder are synonyms defined as:

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

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

residuum (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
	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

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

Difference between residuum and remainder

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