confidence vs secret

secret vs confidence

confidence and secret both are nouns.

confidence is not an adjective while secret is an adjective.

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

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

confidence: a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
secret: something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)

confidence (noun)	secret (noun)
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities	something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
a secret that is confided or entrusted to another	something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
a feeling of trust (in someone or something)	information known only to a special group
a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
a trustful relationship

confidence (adjective)	secret (adjective)
	the next to highest level of official classification for documents
	not open or public; kept private or not revealed
	having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
	not expressed
	(of information) given in confidence or in secret
	not openly made known
	conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
	designed to elude detection
	indulging only covertly
	hidden from general view or use
	communicated covertly

Difference between confidence and secret

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