depression vs regret

depression

noun
  • A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide. 

  • Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER. 

  • A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future. 

  • A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation. 

  • A period of major economic contraction. 

  • The act of lowering or pressing something down. 

  • An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings. 

  • An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes. 

regret

noun
  • Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing. 

  • The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action. 

verb
  • To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. 

  • To feel sorry about (any thing). 

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