Remorseful vs Worthwhile - What's the difference?
remorseful | worthwhile |
(of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse.
Expressing or caused by remorse.
Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
As adjectives the difference between remorseful and worthwhile
is that remorseful is feeling or filled with remorse while worthwhile is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.remorseful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
- There was a remorseful look on her face.
Synonyms
* penitent * apologetic * regretful *Antonyms
* unremorseful * unrepentantReferences
* * * "remorseful" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007. * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.
worthwhile
English
Alternative forms
* worth whileAdjective
(en adjective)- Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile .