confident
adjective
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Is it confident or confidant? (Or is it confidante?)
If you find yourself unsure whether you should choose confident or confidant don’t feel bad; confidant comes to English from the French word confident, and when the word first entered our language it was often spelled that way, rather than as confidant. The difference is quite simple: confidant is a noun (meaning "a person in whom you confide things"), and confident is an adjective (defined as “having confidence”). You may well be confident in your confidant, but you would not be confidant in your confident. Although this distinction has not always been observed by writers, confidante is generally used for a female confidant. The word confidant is more frequently used to describe a man, but it may be applied to either gender.
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Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
Brown did not immediately respond to requests for comment but shared a confident message on her social media platforms Wednesday.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
What the scientists found was that those who had been allowed to keep their lucky charms felt more confident going into the tasks.
—Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
In Flat Rock, James Smith, 28, and his sister, Samantha, 24, walked into the Flat Rock Community Center confident in their decisions in casting their votes.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Confident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confident. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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