Linger vs. Remain

Lingerverb

(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

Remainnoun

That which is left; relic; remainder.

Lingerverb

(intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.

Remainnoun

(in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

Lingerverb

}} To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.

Remainnoun

Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.

Lingerverb

To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.

‘Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind.’; ‘Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.’;

Remainnoun

(obsolete) State of remaining; stay.

Lingerverb

To protract; to draw out.

‘She lingers my desires.’;

Remainverb

To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

Lingerverb

To spend or pass in a lingering manner; - with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.

Remainverb

To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

‘There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.’;

Lingerverb

remain present although waning or gradually dying;

‘Her perfume lingered on’;

Remainverb

To await; to be left to.

Lingerverb

be about;

‘The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square’; ‘Who is this man that is hanging around the department?’;

Remainverb

(copulative) To continue in a state of being.

‘The light remained red for two full minutes.’;

Lingerverb

leave slowly and hesitantly

Remainverb

To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

‘Gather up the fragments that remain.’; ‘Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.’; ‘That . . . remains to be proved.’;

Lingerverb

take one's time; proceed slowly

Remainverb

To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

‘Remain a widow at thy father's house.’; ‘Childless thou art; childless remain.’;

Lingerverb

move to and fro;

‘The shy student lingered in the corner’;

Remainverb

To await; to be left to.

‘The easier conquest now remains thee.’;

Remainnoun

State of remaining; stay.

‘Which often, since my here remain in England,I 've seen him do.’;

Remainnoun

That which is left; relic; remainder; - chiefly in the plural.

‘When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.’;

Remainnoun

That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

‘Old warriors whose adored remainsIn weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains!’;

Remainnoun

The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's

Remainverb

stay the same; remain in a certain state;

‘The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it’; ‘rest assured’; ‘stay alone’; ‘He remained unmoved by her tears’; ‘The bad weather continued for another week’;

Remainverb

continue in a place, position, or situation;

‘After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser’; ‘Stay with me, please’; ‘despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year’; ‘She continued as deputy mayor for another year’;

Remainverb

be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.;

‘There remains the question of who pulled the trigger’; ‘Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war’;

Remainverb

stay behind;

‘The smell stayed in the room’; ‘The hostility remained long after they made up’;