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Confidant vs Pal - What's the difference?

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Confidant is a related term of pal.


As nouns the difference between confidant and pal

is that confidant is a person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend while pal is pole, post.

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 ----

    pal

    English

    (wikipedia PAL)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (television, uncountable) or of (Phase Alternation Line). (TV standard)
  • (electronics, countable) .

    • Derived terms

    * (television) PALplus

    Related terms

    * (electronics) PLA

    See also

    * (television) NTSC , SECAM * (electronics) PIC , FPGA

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)

    • Anagrams

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