Cultivate vs Repent - What's the difference?
cultivate | repent |
To grow plants, notably crops
To nurture; to foster; to tend.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.
(label) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
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*:And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.
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*:I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent , ye shall all likewise perish.
(label) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
(label) To be sorry for, to regret.
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To cause to have sorrow or regret.
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*:at that time she wolde nat, she seyde, for she was syke and myght nat ryde. "That me repentith ," seyde the kynge.
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*:And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.
(chiefly, botany) Creeping along the ground.
As verbs the difference between cultivate and repent
is that cultivate is to grow plants, notably crops while repent is (label) to feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".As an adjective repent is
(chiefly|botany) creeping along the ground.cultivate
English
Verb
(cultivat)- Farmers should cultivate their crops to get a good harvest.
- They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.