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Assured vs Confidence - What's the difference?

assured | confidence |

As a verb assured

is (assure).

As an adjective assured

is guaranteed.

As a noun confidence is

passive self-assurance.

assured

English

Verb

(head)
  • (assure)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Guaranteed
  • Confident.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Shamrock Rovers 0 - 4 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Youngster Townsend caught the eye on the wing, with his fantastic goal capping a classy performance, while Danny Rose continued his rapid development with an assured display at full-back.}}

    Synonyms

    * (guaranteed) sicker

    Derived terms

    * assuredly * mutual assured destruction * self-assured * unassured

    confidence

    Noun

    (-)
  • Passive self-assurance.
  • Expression or feeling of certainty.
  • The quality of trusting.
  • Information held in secret.
  • Quotations

    * {{quote-book, year=2006, author= , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}} * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 39 *: Khedron hesitated for a moment, wondering how far he should take Jeserac into his confidence . He knew that Jeserac was kindly and well-intentioned, but he also knew that he must be bound by the same taboos that controlled everyone on Diaspar.

    Antonyms

    * (self-assurance ): fear

    Derived terms

    * confidence interval * confidence level * confidence trick