registry vs regest

registry and regest both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
registry	Yes	No	No	No
regest	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, regest is a hyponym of registry; that is, regest is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than registry:

Other hyponyms of registry include cadaster, cadastre, check register, studbook, rent-roll.

registry (noun)	regest (noun)
an official written record of names or events or transactions	(archaic, obsolete) A register.