Confident vs Competent - What's the difference?
confident | competent |
very sure of something; positive
self-confident
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
(legal) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
Adequate for the purpose
* 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67:
As adjectives the difference between confident and competent
is that confident is very sure of something; positive while competent is having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.As a noun confident
is obsolete form of lang=en.confident
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.
Antonyms
* (self-confident) insecure, self-destructiveSynonyms
* (self-confident) self-assuredExternal links
* * ----competent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
- For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court.
- judicial authority having competent jurisdiction
- "For if [birds] had been Viviparous , the burthen of their womb, if they had brought forth any competent number at a time, had been so big and heavy, that their wings would have failed them "