regardless of 和despite的区别

regardless of和despite都是介词, 也就是后面只能跟名词或者具有名词性质的成分,
regardless of: 不管
despite:尽管

两者区别可以从下面两个句子看出:

I play soccer every day, regardless of weather. (我每天都踢球,不管天气如何. NB: 天气可能是好天气,和不好的天气)
I am gonna play soccer this afternoon, despite the bad weather. (我下午会踢球,即便天气不好.)