remain - stay

remain - stay
Remain and stay are often used with the same meaning. Remain is more formal than stay.
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To remain or stay in a particular state means to continue to be in that state.

Oliver remained silent.

I stayed awake.

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If you remain or stay in a place, you do not leave it.

I was allowed to remain at home.

Fewer women these days stay at home to look after their children.

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If something still exists, you can say that it remains. You do not say that it `stays'.

Even today remnants of this practice remain.

He was cut off from what remained of his family.

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If you stay in a town, hotel, or house, you live there for a short time.

How long can you stay in Brussels?

She was staying in the same hotel as I was.

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You do not use remain with this meaning.
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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