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Ardent vs Rueful - What's the difference?

ardent | rueful |

As adjectives the difference between ardent and rueful

is that ardent is full of ardor; fervent, passionate while rueful is causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.

ardent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.
  • * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43
  • This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=4 citation , passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}
  • Burning; glowing; shining.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    rueful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.
  • Inspiring pity or compassion.
  • Derived terms

    * rue-bargain * ruefully * ruefulness