Regent vs Viceregent - What's the difference?
regent | viceregent |
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.
Ruling; governing; regnant.
* Sir M. Hale
Exercising vicarious authority.
As nouns the difference between regent and viceregent
is that regent is {{cx|now|_|rare|lang=en}} A ruler while viceregent is the official administrative deputy of a regent; vicegerent.As an adjective regent
is ruling; governing; regnant.As a proper noun Regent
is a city in North Dakota.regent
English
(wikipedia regent)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- Some other active regent principle which we call the soul.
- (Milton)