Difference between Contrite and Penitent

CONTRITE vs PENITENT: NOUN

(Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)
One who is penitent.
One who repents, or is sorry for sin, transgression, or offending; a contrite or repentant person.
Eccles., one who makes confession of sin and undergoes, under priestly direction, the ecclesiastical discipline prescribed for its absolution.
One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.
One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent.
Arising from or expressing contrition.
Thoroughly bruised or broken.
Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.
Feeling regret for a fault or offence
Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions; apologetic.

Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; contrite.
Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.
Doing penance.

Bruised; worn.
Hence—2. Broken in spirit by a sense of guilt; conscience-stricken; humbled; penitent: as, a contrite sinner.
Synonyms Repentant, sorrowful. For comparison, see repentance.
To make humble or penitent.

Doing penance; suffering.
Sorry for sin or for offense committed; contrite; troubled by a sense of guilt and resolved on amendment; repentant.

Crestfallen, Forthright, Teary, Shamefaced, Tearful, Downcast, Sheepish, Regretful, Fallibilism, Rueful, Sorry, Penitent, Repentant, Apologetic, Remorseful

Forgiveness, Confessor, Absolution, Contrition, Sinner, Penance, Penitence, Repentance, Magdalen, Sorry, Rueful, Remorseful, Penitential, Contrite, Repentant

Crestfallen, Forthright, Teary, Shamefaced, Tearful, Downcast, Sheepish, Regretful, Fallibilism, Rueful, Sorry, Penitent, Repentant, Apologetic, Remorseful

Supplication, Atonement, Venial sin, Forgiveness, Confessor, Contrition, Sinner, Penance, Repentance, Sorry, Rueful, Remorseful, Penitential, Contrite, Repentant

What are broken spirits and penitent hearts to them?
Saint Aralor the Penitent, Patron of Tanners and Miners.
If the penitent consents, may his confession be divulged?
Christ and the Penitent Sinners by Gerard Seghers Cir.
There is no world for the penitent and regretful.
The murmurers, being penitent; or others for fear.
Holy Spirit and the penitent soul is made.
If the penitent knowingly conceal any mortal sin, then the confession is invalid and the penitent incurs another sin: sacrilege.
Nor can a priest absolve a penitent who fully intends to continue acting against Church teaching which the penitent understands.
Apothecaries; Casamicciola, Italy; contemplative life; contemplatives; converts; druggists; glove makers; hairdressers; hairstylists; penitent sinners; penitent women; people ridiculed for their piety