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
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.
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In geomorphology, a relict landform is a landform formed by either erosive or constructive surficial processes that are no longer active as they were in the past.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.
Relic (noun)
That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
Relic (noun)
Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
Relic (noun)
A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
Relic (verb)
To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress.
Relict (noun)
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
Relict (noun)
The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
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.
Relict (noun)
A structure or other feature which has survived from a previous age.
Relic (noun)
an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest
“a museum of railway relics”
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”
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”