Girlfriend vs Confidante - What's the difference?
girlfriend | confidante |
A female partner in a romantic relationship.
A female friend.
A female confidant
A type of settee.
*1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 20:
*:Meanwhile, Sally peels herself from the stage's only prop – a green-velvet confidante – and staggers off into the wings.
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As nouns the difference between girlfriend and confidante
is that girlfriend is a female partner in a romantic relationship while confidante is a female confidant.girlfriend
English
Noun
(en noun)- Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.
- Mary always enjoyed hanging out with her girlfriend Jessica.