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Surreptitious vs Confidential - What's the difference?

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Surreptitious is a related term of confidential.


As adjectives the difference between surreptitious and confidential

is that surreptitious is stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden|well hidden, covert (especially movements) while confidential is (meant to be) kept secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly.

surreptitious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}

    Synonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * surreptitiously

    confidential

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (meant to be) kept secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
    • The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.
  • (dated) Inclined to share confidences.
    • Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential , and began to gossip.

    Synonyms

    * dern

    Derived terms

    * confide