Difference between reign and resign
Definitions
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have sovereign power
noun
- a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign
Examples
You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a few months.
There are a few formalities to be gone through before you enter a foreign country.
They contended that many foreign central banks were willing to absorb all the foreign currency earned by their exporting sectors that was not willingly held by their private sector in US dollar denominated assets.
Definitions
verb
- accept as inevitable
- part with a possession or right
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- give up or retire from a position
Examples
A few weeks before the vote on November 7, the buzz goes, Cheney will announce his resignation, ostensibly because of signs of new trouble with his ticker.
A lot of those who were named were deselected or resigned.
Julian ought to have resigned, then he'd have come out of it with some credit.
