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Guardian vs Regent - What's the difference?

guardian | regent |

As nouns the difference between guardian and regent

is that guardian is guardian while regent is regent.

guardian

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
  • (legal) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
  • (legal) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
  • A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
  • (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
  • * 1993 , Zach Meston, J. Douglas Arnold, Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets 2
    • Secret weak points of bosses/guardians .
  • * 2004 , James Newman, Videogames
    • 'if you tell me how to find the secret door in level three, I'll tell you how to defeat the end of level guardian'

    Derived terms

    * guardian angel * guardianship * guard

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    regent

    English

    (wikipedia regent)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
  • *1999 , (Philipp Blom), translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City , Vintage 2001, p. 139:
  • *:This perception, however, does no justice to the regents of the city of Amsterdam.

    • Related terms

    * regimen * regiment * * region * rector * rectum * rectangle * rectilinear

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ruling; governing; regnant.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • Some other active regent principle which we call the soul.
  • Exercising vicarious authority.
    • (Milton)

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