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Confident vs Expectant - What's the difference?

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Confident is a synonym of expectant.


As adjectives the difference between confident and expectant

is that confident is very sure of something; positive while expectant is marked by expectation.

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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    expectant

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • marked by expectation
    • An expectant hush before the performance.
  • pregnant
    • An expectant mother.
  • (medicine, dated) Waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.