Sympathetic vs Confidence - What's the difference?
sympathetic | confidence |
Of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
Of or relating to similarity.
Passive self-assurance.
Expression or feeling of certainty.
The quality of trusting.
Information held in secret.
As an adjective sympathetic
is of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy.As a noun confidence is
passive self-assurance.sympathetic
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Alternative forms
* sympathetick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- John looked very upset. I gave him a sympathetic look.
- Sympathetic magic is based on imitation or correspondence.
Antonyms
* unsympatheticDerived terms
* parasympathetic nervous system * sympathetic nervous systemconfidence
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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.