REGRET "is an intelligent (and/or emotional) dislike for personal past acts and behaviors. Regret is often felt when someone feels sadness, shame, embarrassment, depression or guilt after committing an action or actions that the person later wishes that he or she had not done. Regret is distinct from guilt, which is a deeply emotional form of regret — one which may be difficult to comprehend in an objective or conceptual way. In this regard, the concept of regret is subordinate to guilt in terms of its emotional power. Regret can describe not only the dislike for an action that has been committed, but also, importantly, regret of inaction." (Wikipedia)
"Anticipation is an emotion involving pleasure (and sometimes anxiety) in considering some expected or longed-for good event, or irritation at having to wait. A name for pleasured anticipation is excitement." (Wikipedia)
Regret and anticipation are alike as emotional states that are dislocated from the present experience.
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