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Naive vs Assured - What's the difference?

naive | assured |

As adjectives the difference between naive and assured

is that naive is while assured is guaranteed.

As a verb assured is

(assure).

naive

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
    • Surely you're not naive enough to believe adverts!
  • (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
    • I've always liked the naive way in which he ignores all the background detail.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * naively * naivete * naivety * naiveness

    Related terms

    * naif *

    Anagrams

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    assured

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (assure)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Guaranteed
  • Confident.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Shamrock Rovers 0 - 4 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Youngster Townsend caught the eye on the wing, with his fantastic goal capping a classy performance, while Danny Rose continued his rapid development with an assured display at full-back.}}

    Synonyms

    * (guaranteed) sicker

    Derived terms

    * assuredly * mutual assured destruction * self-assured * unassured