trustee vs regent

trustee and regent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trustee	Yes	No	No	No
regent	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, trustee and regent are synonyms defined as:

trustee (noun)	regent (noun)
a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit	someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
members of a governing board	members of a governing board

trustee (adjective)	regent (adjective)
	acting or functioning as a regent or ruler