Emergency vs Regency - What's the difference?
emergency | regency |
A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
:Cardiac arrest is an emergency and if you find someone in cardiac arrest you should call 999 immediately.
(US, Canada, often attributive) The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
An individual brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
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(archaic) The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
The time during which a regent is in power.
As nouns the difference between emergency and regency
is that emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention while regency is a system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.As a proper noun Regency is
the historical period in the United Kingdom - specifically 1811-1820 - in which King George IV ruled as Prince Regent.emergency
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(emergencies)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Van Gaal responded by replacing Adnan Januzaj with Carrick and, in fairness, the emergency centre-half did exceedingly well given that he has not played since May.