remembrance vs remnant

remembrance

noun
  • Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. 

  • The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. 

  • That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. 

  • The power of remembering; the reach of personal knowledge; the period over which one's memory extends. 

  • The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection. 

verb
  • To remember; to recall to mind. 

remnant

noun
  • The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group. 

  • The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt. 

  • An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc. 

How often have the words remembrance and remnant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )