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Rueful vs Regrant - What's the difference?

rueful | regrant |

As an adjective rueful

is causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.

As a verb regrant is

to grant (something) again or in a different way.

As a noun regrant is

the act of granting back to a former proprietor.

rueful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.
  • Inspiring pity or compassion.

    • Derived terms

    * rue-bargain * ruefully * ruefulness

    Related terms

    * rue

    regrant

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grant (something) again or in a different way.
  • *2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 371:
  • *:It was regranted to one of the new faces of the regime, a man now basking in the favour of Richard Fox and the young king: Thomas Wolsey.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of granting back to a former proprietor.
  • A renewal of a grant.
    • the regrant of a monopoly
    (Webster 1913)