confidant - confident

confidant - confident
'confidant'
Confidant is a noun. A confidant is a person who you discuss your private problems and worries with. You use the spelling confidante when the person is a woman.

...Colonel House, a friend and confidant of President Woodrow Wilson.

She became her father's only confidante.

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'confident'
Confident is an adjective. If you are confident about something, you are certain that it will happen in the way you want.

He said he was very confident that the scheme would be successful.

I feel confident about the future of British music.

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People who are confident are sure of their own abilities.

... a witty, young and confident lawyer.

His manner is more confident these days.

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  • confidant, confident — Confusion between these two similar words results in an impropriety. Confidant (kon fuh DANT) refers to one to whom secrets or other private matters are entrusted. A female confidant is a confidante (kon fuh DANT). Confident, an adjective meaning …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • confidant — See confidant, confident …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • confident — See confidant, confident …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • Confidant — Con fi*dant ; 277), n. masc., Confidante Con fi*dante (?; 277), n. fem.[F. confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See {Confide}, and cf. {Confident}.] One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • confidant — 1610s, confident, (male) person trusted with private affairs, from Fr. confident (16c.), from It. confidente a trusty friend, lit. confident, trusty, from L. confidentem (nom. confidens), prp. of confidere to trust, confide (see CONFIDENCE (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • confident — [kän′fə dənt] adj. 1. full of confidence; specif., a) assured; certain [confident of victory] b) sure of oneself; self confident; bold [a confident manner] 2. Obs. trustful; confiding n. CONFIDANT SYN. SURE …   English World dictionary

  • confidant — confidant, confidante stressed on the first syllable or (in the case of confidante) on the first or last syllable, mean ‘a close friend in whom one confides’, and refer respectively to a male or female and a female. They are alterations of an… …   Modern English usage

  • confidant — [kän′fə dant΄, kän′fədänt΄; kän΄fə dant′, kän΄fədänt′] n. [Fr confident (fem. confidente) < L confidens, prp. of confidere,CONFIDE] a close, trusted friend, to whom one confides intimate matters or secrets …   English World dictionary

  • Confident — Con fi*dent, n. See {Confidant}. South. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Confidant — Not to be confused with confident. For the 2000 folk song, see Confidant (song). The confidant (pronounced /ˈkɒnfɪdænt/ or /ˌkɒnfɪˈdɑːnt/; feminine: confidante, same pronunciation) is a character in a story that the lead character… …   Wikipedia

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