Confident vs. Confidence

Confidentadjective

very sure of something; positive

Confidentadjective

self-confident

Confidentnoun

obsolete form of confidant

Confidentnoun

See Confidant.

Confidentadjective

having or marked by confidence or assurance;

Confidentadjective

persuaded of; very sure;

Confidentadjective

not liable to error in judgment or action;

Confidencenoun

Self-assurance.

Confidencenoun

A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.

Confidencenoun

Information held in secret.

Confidencenoun

(dated) Boldness; presumption.

Confidencenoun

The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; - formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

Confidencenoun

That in which faith is put or reliance had.

Confidencenoun

Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.

Confidencenoun

The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; - often with self prefixed.

Confidencenoun

Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.

Confidencenoun

Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.

Confidencenoun

Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.

Confidencenoun

Giving occasion for confidence.

Confidencenoun

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;

Confidencenoun

a feeling of trust (in someone or something);

Confidencenoun

a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable;

Confidencenoun

a trustful relationship;

Confidencenoun

a secret that is confided or entrusted to another;

Confidencenoun

the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something

Confidencenoun

the state of feeling certain about the truth of something

Confidencenoun

a feeling of self-assurance arising from an appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities

Confidencenoun

the telling of private matters or secrets with mutual trust

Confidencenoun

a secret or private matter told to someone under a condition of trust

Confidence

Confidence is a state of being clear-headed either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Confidence comes from a Latin word 'fidere' which means therefore, having self-confidence is having trust in one's self.