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Confixed vs Confided - What's the difference?

confixed | confided |

As verbs the difference between confixed and confided

is that confixed is past tense of confix while confided is past tense of confide.

confixed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (confix)

  • confix

    English

    (wikipedia confix)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (linguistics) An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix affixed simultaneously to the root
  • *{{quote-book, 2005, Elizabeth Zeitoun, The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, chapter=Tsou citation
  • , passage=As is demonstrated by m-as-ku, tens are derived from the confix m- ... -hu. }}
  • (linguistics, rare) An affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, a prefix, suffix, or interfix
  • *{{quote-book, 1982, & Philip Luelsdorff, Towards a Language of Linguistics, url=, page=84
  • , passage=22. A PREFIX: a confix which precedes a root.}}

    Synonyms

    *(prefix-suffix unit) circumfix, ambifix

    Coordinate terms

    *(affixes)

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state
  • *
  • confided

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (confide)

  • confide

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To trust, have faith (in ).
  • * 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 269:
  • "Be calm, lovely Antonia!" he replied; "no danger in near you: confide in my protection."
  • * 1818 , Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus , Everyman's Library 1973, p. 10:
  • "I shall do nothing rashly: you know me sufficiently to confide in my prudence and consideration whenever the safety of others is committed to my care."
  • * Byron
  • In thy protection I confide .
  • (dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
  • I confide this mission to you alone.
  • To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in )
  • I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.
  • (intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.
  • After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.
    She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.