As adjectives the difference between authentic and confident
is that
authentic is of the same origin as claimed; genuine while
confident is very sure of something; positive.
As a noun confident is
.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
authentic English
Alternative forms
* authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)
Adjective
( en adjective)
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
- The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
- The report was completely authentic .
- an authentic''' writer; an '''authentic''' portrait; '''authentic information
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) authoritative
- (Milton)
Synonyms
* (of the claimed origin) genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked
* (conforming to fact) reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked
Antonyms
* (not of the claimed origin) phony, fake; ingenuine
Derived terms
* authentically
* authenticate
* authentication
* authenticity
* authenticism
* authenticist
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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
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