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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Nick Miller, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
With eight short film credits under his belt prior to this bracing feature debut, Vargas is an uncommonly confident filmmaker for someone just starting out, and with a specific vision to match.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Feb. 2025
As Republicans revel in President Donald Trump‘s education executive orders, Democrats, appearing more confident after this week’s federal funding freeze reversal, are preparing to challenge them.
—Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
The song’s message of resilience and Jelly Roll’s confident, sympathetic delivery felt like a reassuring promise.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Confident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confident. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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