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Assertiveness vs Confident - What's the difference?

assertiveness | confident |

As nouns the difference between assertiveness and confident

is that assertiveness is the quality of being self-assured and assertive while confident is .

As an adjective confident is

very sure of something; positive.

assertiveness

English

(wikipedia assertiveness)

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of being self-assured and assertive.

    • confident

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • very sure of something; positive
    • I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.
  • self-confident

    • Antonyms

    * (self-confident) insecure, self-destructive

    Synonyms

    * (self-confident) self-assured

    Related terms

    * confidant * confidante * confide * confidence * confidential * overconfident * self-confident

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Dryden)
    (South)
    (Webster 1913)

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