different between resist vs resent

English

Etymology

From Middle English resisten, from Old French resistre, Middle French resister, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?st/, /???z?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: re?sist

Verb

resist (third-person singular simple present resists, present participle resisting, simple past and past participle resisted)

1. (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
2. (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
3. (intransitive) To oppose.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To be distasteful to.
   • 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, II. iii. 29:

     These cates resist me,

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• resistance
• resistless

Synonyms

• gainstay
• oppose
• withset

Antonyms

• obey
• submit

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

resist (countable and uncountable, plural resists)

1. A protective coating or covering.

Translations

Derived terms

• resist work

References

Anagrams

• Istres, Reists, Sister, reists, resits, restis, risest, sister

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?z?nt/, /???z?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

resent (third-person singular simple present resents, present participle resenting, simple past and past participle resented)

1. (transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
2. (transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.
   • 1743, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Remarks on the History of England

     The good prince King James […] bore dishonourably what he might have resented safely.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To be sensible of; to feel.
4. (transitive, obsolete) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.

   • […] which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.

5. (obsolete) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent, to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
   • 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Prophane State

     This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savour in the soul of Saul.

   • 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre

     Our King Henrie the Seventh […] quickly resented his drift.

6. (obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

Translations

Etymology 2

See resend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i??s?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

resent

1. simple past tense and past participle of resend

   The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.

Further reading

• resent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• resent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Enters, Ernest, Senter, enters, entres, ernest, nester, renest, rentes, sterne, strene, tenser, treens