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Positivity vs Confidence - What's the difference?

positivity | confidence |

As nouns the difference between positivity and confidence

is that positivity is the condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism while confidence is passive self-assurance.

positivity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism
  • (countable) The result of being positive.

    • Synonyms

    * positiveness

    Antonyms

    * negativity

    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