Credulity vs Confidence - What's the difference?
credulity | confidence |
A willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.
* 1749 , ,
* 1912 , ,
Passive self-assurance.
Expression or feeling of certainty.
The quality of trusting.
Information held in secret.
As nouns the difference between credulity and confidence
is that credulity is a willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness while confidence is passive self-assurance.credulity
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Noun
The history of Tom Jones , Book 6,
- Do you think Mr. Allworthy hath more contempt for money than other men because he professes more? Such credulity would better become one of us weak women, than that wise sex which heaven hath formed for politicians. Indeed, brother, you would make a fine plenipo to negotiate with the French.
The Lost World , ch. 9,
- As Challenger spoke of his pterodactyl I glanced at Professor Summerlee, and for the first time I seemed to see some signs of a dawning credulity and repentance. There was no sneer upon his thin lips, but, on the contrary, a gray, drawn look of excitement and amazement. Challenger saw it, too, and reveled in the first taste of victory.
Synonyms
* gullibilityAntonyms
* incredulityExternal links
* (wikipedia "credulity")References
* * * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.confidence
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(wikipedia confidence)Noun
(-)Quotations
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author= , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1citation, passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}} * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 39 *: Khedron hesitated for a moment, wondering how far he should take Jeserac into his confidence . He knew that Jeserac was kindly and well-intentioned, but he also knew that he must be bound by the same taboos that controlled everyone on Diaspar.
