Diffidence vs Confidence - What's the difference?
diffidence | confidence |
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
* 1857 , Brigham Young, Journal of Discources'', ''
* 1897 , '' (an excerpt from ''Sotileza )
(obsolete) Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
* 1591 , William Shakespeare, , act 3 scene 3
Passive self-assurance.
Expression or feeling of certainty.
The quality of trusting.
Information held in secret.
As nouns the difference between diffidence and confidence
is that diffidence is the state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement while confidence is passive self-assurance.diffidence
English
Noun
(-)- I have the same diffidence in my feelings that most public speakers have, and am apt to think that others can speak better and more edifying than I can.
- "I was passing by," he began to stammer, trembling with his diffidence , "I—happened to be passing along this way, and so—er—as I was passing this way, I says to myself, says I, 'I'll just stop into the shop a minute.'
- [Charles, King of France]: We have been guided by thee hitherto,
- And of thy cunning had no diffidence :
- One sudden foil shall never breed distrust.
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.