Authentic vs Confident - What's the difference?
authentic | confident |
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) authoritative
very sure of something; positive
self-confident
As adjectives the difference between authentic and confident
is that authentic is of the same origin as claimed; genuine while confident is very sure of something; positive.As a noun confident is
.authentic
English
Alternative forms
* authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
- The report was completely authentic .
- an authentic''' writer; an '''authentic''' portrait; '''authentic information
- (Milton)
Synonyms
* (of the claimed origin) genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked * (conforming to fact) reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfakedAntonyms
* (not of the claimed origin) phony, fake; ingenuineDerived terms
* authentically * authenticate * authentication * authenticity * authenticism * authenticistconfident
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.