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Repentant vs Resentful - What's the difference?

repentant | resentful |

As adjectives the difference between repentant and resentful

is that repentant is feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing while resentful is inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when.

As a noun repentant

is one who repents; a penitent.

repentant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * unrepentant

    Related terms

    * repent * repentance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who repents; a penitent.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    resentful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when .
  • Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.

    • Synonyms

    * (Inclined to resent) unforgiving, spiteful * (Full of resentment) bitter

    Derived terms

    * resentfully * resentfulness

    References

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