Main Difference
The main difference between Relic and Relict is that the Relic is a ancient religious object preserved for purposes of veneration and Relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon
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Relic
In religion, a relic usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangible memorial. Relics are an important aspect of some forms of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Shamanism, and many other religions. Relic derives from the Latin reliquiae, meaning “remains”, and a form of the Latin verb relinquere, to “leave behind, or abandon”. A reliquary is a shrine that houses one or more religious relics.
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Relict
A relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon.
In biology a relict (or relic) is an organism that at an earlier time was abundant in a large area but now occurs at only one or a few small areas.A glacial relict is a cold-adapted organism that is a remnant of a larger distribution that existed in the ice ages.In ecology, an ecosystem which originally ranged over a large expanse, but is now narrowly confined, may be termed a relict.
In geology, a relict is a structure or mineral from a parent rock that did not undergo metamorphosis when the surrounding rock did, or a rock that survived a destructive geologic process.
In geomorphology, a relict landform is a landform formed by either erosive or constructive surficial processes that are no longer active as they were in the past.
In agronomy, a relict crop is a crop which was previously grown extensively, but is now only used in one limited region, or a small number of isolated regions.
In history (as revealed in DNA testing), a relict population is an ancient people in an area who have been largely supplanted by a later group of migrants and their descendants.
In real estate law, reliction is the gradual recession of water from its usual high-water mark so that the newly uncovered land becomes the property of the adjoining riparian property owner.Other uses:
In addition, relict was an ancient term still used in colonial (British) America, and in England of that era, but now archaic, for a widow; it has come to be a generic or collective term for widows and widowers.
In historical linguistics, a relict is a word that is a survivor of a form or forms that are otherwise archaic.
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Relic (noun)
That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
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Relic (noun)
Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
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Relic (noun)
A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
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Relic (verb)
To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress.
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Relict (noun)
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
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Relict (noun)
The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
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Relict (noun)
A species, organism{{,}} or ecosystem which has survived from a previous age: one which was once widespread but which is now found only in a few areas.
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Relict (noun)
A structure or other feature which has survived from a previous age.
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Relic (noun)
an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest
“a museum of railway relics”
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Relic (noun)
a part of a deceased holy person’s body or belongings kept as an object of reverence
“miracles wrought by the relics of St Stephen”
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Relic (noun)
a person or thing that has survived from an earlier time but is now outmoded
“the supermodel has become an embarrassing relic from the early 1990s”