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Comrade vs Confidant - What's the difference?

comrade | confidant |

As nouns the difference between comrade and confidant

is that comrade is a mate, companion, or associate while confidant is a person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.

As a verb comrade

is to associate with in a friendly way.

comrade

English

(wikipedia comrade)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mate, companion, or associate.
  • A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
  • A fellow socialist, communist or other very politically leftist person.
    • Hello, comrade . Are you going to the CCP meeting?
    • Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.

    Synonyms

    * see also * (title) compare sister, brother * battle buddy * tovarishch

    Related terms

    * camaraderie * comradeliness * comradery * comradeship

    Verb

    (comrad)
  • To associate with in a friendly way.
  • * Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
    • But she was happy, for she was far away under another sky, and comrading again with her Rangers, and her animal friends, and the soldiers.

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    confidant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend
    • You love me for no other end / Than to become my confidant and friend; / As such I keep no secret from your sight. — Dryden.

    See also

    * confidante ----