Evidence and Residue

Evidence

Evidence noun - Something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim.

Residue and evidence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Residue" instead a noun "Evidence".

Residue

Residue noun - The portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed.

Evidence and residue are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Evidence" instead a noun "Residue".

Nearby Words: residuum, residual, residuary

How words are described

physical physical evidence physical residue
visible visible evidence visible residue
strong strong evidence strong residue

Both words in one sentence

  • The lack of gunshot residue on a person's clothes for example does not mean that there was not a gun fired, it means that there is no gunpowder residue to find ("The absence of evidence is evidence of absence, not proof of absence").
  • Invoked in Primer, where residue on solid evidence is taken in for some formal analysis and they discover it's Aspergillus Ticor: basically, fungus that accumulates everywhere.
  • There's still enough acid residue in them to destroy the evidence.
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