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Confidence vs Impudence - What's the difference?

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Confidence is a related term of impudence.


As nouns the difference between confidence and impudence

is that confidence is passive self-assurance while impudence is the quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.

confidence

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

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

    impudence

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
  • Impudent language, conduct or behavior.
  • *
    • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence .}}

    Synonyms

    * cheek * sauciness * See also