Difference between Regret and Rue

What is the difference between Regret and Rue?

Regret as a verb is to feel sorry about (a thing that has happened): to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. while Rue as a verb is to cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.

Regret

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To feel sorry about (a thing that has happened): to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. To feel sorry about (any thing).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The instance of such an emotion.

Example sentence: Sometimes I sit down and I think 'Do I regret this? Do I regret that?' And I feel like everything makes this snowball effect, you know? If you regret something, it's good because it just means that it's something that's affected you enough for you to stop and think... There's a reason that everything happens.

Rue

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Repentance, regret.Pity, compassion.Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens, formerly used in medicines.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.To cause to feel sorrow or pity.To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.To feel compassion or pity.

We hope you now know whether to use Regret or Rue in your sentence.

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