different between embetter vs resentment

English

Etymology

From em- +? better.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?b?t?(?)/

Verb

embetter (third-person singular simple present embetters, present participle embettering, simple past and past participle embettered)

1. (transitive) To make better; improve.
   • 1605, Samuel Daniel, Certaine small poems lately printed with the tragedie of Philotas

     For cruelty doth not embetter men,
     But them more wary make than they have been.

Derived terms

• embetterment

See also

• embitter

English

Etymology

From French ressentiment, from ressentir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?ntm?nt/
• Hyphenation: re?sent?ment

Noun

resentment (countable and uncountable, plural resentments)

1. Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.
   • 1812, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 3

     Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters.

2. (obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon it; feeling; impression.
   • 1688, Henry More, The Divine Dialogues

     He retains so vivid resentments of the more solid morality.

   • 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]

     It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger.

3. (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude
   • 1651, The Council Book

     The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton […] have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same.

Translations

See also

• dudgeon
• hold a grudge
• umbrage
• regret