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Confident vs Afraid - What's the difference?

confident | afraid |

As adjectives the difference between confident and afraid

is that confident is very sure of something; positive while afraid is impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

As a noun confident

is .

confident

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • very sure of something; positive
    • I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.
  • self-confident

    • Antonyms

    * (self-confident) insecure, self-destructive

    Synonyms

    * (self-confident) self-assured

    Related terms

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

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Dryden)
    (South)
    (Webster 1913)

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    afraid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
    • He is afraid of death.
    He is afraid to die.
    He is afraid that he will die.
  • (colloquial) regretful, sorry
    • I am afraid I can not help you in this matter .

    Usage notes

    * (term) expresses a lesser degree of fear than (terrified) or (frightened). It is often followed by the preposition (term) and the object of fear, or by an infinitive, or by a dependent clause, as shown in the examples above.

    Synonyms

    * (Impressed with fear or apprehension) afeared, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, fearful, timid, timorous * (Regretful) sorry * See also

    Derived terms

    * 'fraid * afraidness * I'm afraid not * I'm afraid so * unafraid

    See also

    * fear

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