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Confident vs Optimistic - What's the difference?

confident | optimistic | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between confident and optimistic

is that confident is very sure of something; positive while optimistic is expecting the best in all possible ways.

As a noun confident

is obsolete form of lang=en.

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)

    External links

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    optimistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Expecting the best in all possible ways.
    • in an optimistic mood
    optimistic plans
    took an optimistic view

    Antonyms

    * pessimistic