Sureness vs Calm - What's the difference?
sureness | calm |
(uncountable) The property of being sure, certainty.
:His sureness was born of having looked it up in a reputable reference book.
(uncountable) The property of being sure, deft, confident of ability.
:The surgeon's sureness was the result of long study in school and long practice in the operating room, never did he hesitate and never was there a mis-move.
(countable, rare) The result or product of being sure.
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
As nouns the difference between sureness and calm
is that sureness is (uncountable) the property of being sure, certainty while calm is (in a person) the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.As an adjective calm is
(of a person) peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.As a verb calm is
to make calm.sureness
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calm
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* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
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* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
