confidence vs hopefulness

confidence and hopefulness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confidence	Yes	No	No	No
hopefulness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hopefulness is a hypernym of confidence; that is, hopefulness is a word with a broader meaning than confidence:

confidence (noun)	hopefulness (noun)
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities	the feeling you have when you have hope
a secret that is confided or entrusted to another	full of hope
a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
a trustful relationship