Depend vs Confide - What's the difference?
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To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
* 1982 , Paul Fussell, My War :
To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
To rely on for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; — followed by on or upon, formerly by of.
(senseid)To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; — with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.
To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
To trust, have faith (in ).
* 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 269:
* 1818 , Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus , Everyman's Library 1973, p. 10:
* Byron
(dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in )
(intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.
Depend is a related term of confide.
As verbs the difference between depend and confide
is that depend is depends (3rd person singular/plural, present tense) while confide is to trust, have faith (in ).depend
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Verb
(en verb)- The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.
- Besides, if you worked up to be a cadet officer, you got to wear a Sam Browne belt, from which depended a nifty saber.
Anagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsconfide
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Verb
(en-verb)- "Be calm, lovely Antonia!" he replied; "no danger in near you: confide in my protection."
- "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."
- In thy protection I confide .
- I confide this mission to you alone.
- I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.
- After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.
- She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.