confidential vs secret

secret vs confidential

confidential is not a noun while secret is a noun.

confidential and secret both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, confidential and secret are synonyms defined as:

confidential and secret: (of information) given in confidence or in secret

confidential (noun)	secret (noun)
	something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
	something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
	information known only to a special group

confidential (adjective)	secret (adjective)
the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified	the next to highest level of official classification for documents
denoting confidence or intimacy	not open or public; kept private or not revealed
entrusted with private information and the confidence of another	having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
(of information) given in confidence or in secret	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 confidential and secret

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