Rue vs. Rum — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Rue and Rum
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Rue
To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for
“I never rued a day in my life like the one I rued when I left that old mother of mine” (Flannery O'Connor).
Rum
Rum is a liquor made by fermenting then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, a clear liquid, is usually aged in oak barrels.
Rue
To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.
Rum
An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented molasses or sugarcane.
Rue
Sorrow; regret
“I ... won her from various rivals, who ... went away, one may say, full of rue” (Brian Doyle).
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Rum
Intoxicating beverages.
Rue
Any of various aromatic woody herbs or shrubs of the genus Ruta of the Mediterranean region and western Asia, especially the ornamental R. graveolens, having bipinnately compound leaves that yield an acrid volatile oil formerly used in medicine.
Rum
Odd; strange.
Rue
Any of various other plants having similar foliage, such as meadow rue.
Rum
Presenting danger or difficulty.
Rue
Sorrow; repentance; regret.
Rum
(uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
Rue
Pity; compassion.
Rum
(countable) A serving of rum.
Jake tossed down three rums.
Rue
Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.
Rum
(countable) A kind or brand of rum.
Rue
To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
Rum
A queer or odd person or thing.
Rue
To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
Rum
A country parson.
Rue
(transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
I rued the day I crossed paths with her.
Rum
Any odd person or thing.
Rue
To feel compassion or pity.
Rum
(rare) The card game rummy.
Rue
To feel sorrow or regret.
Rum
(obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable.
Having a rum time
Rue
A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.
Then purged with euphrasy and rueThe visual nerve, for he had much to see.
They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace.
Rum
Strange, peculiar.
A rum idea; a rum fellow
Rue
Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Rum
A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.
Rue
Sorrow; repetance.
Rum
A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.
Rue
To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.
I wept to see, and rued it from my heart.
Thy willChose freely what it now so justly rues.
Rum
Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.
Rue
To cause to grieve; to afflict.
Rum
Distilled from fermented molasses
Rue
To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.
Rum
A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
Rue
To have compassion.
God so wisly [i. e., truly] on my soul rue.
Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them.
Rum
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
A curious hybrid accent
Her speech has a funny twang
They have some funny ideas about war
Had an odd name
The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
Something definitely queer about this town
What a rum fellow
Singular behavior
Rue
To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
Work by counsel and thou shalt not rue.
Old year, we'll dearly rue for you.
Rue
European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
Rue
Leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
Rue
Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;
He drank to drown his sorrows
He wrote a note expressing his regret
To his rue, the error cost him the game
Rue
(French) a street or road in France
Rue
Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
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