secret vs confidence

confidence vs secret

secret and confidence both are nouns.

secret is an adjective but confidence is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, confidence is a hyponym of secret; that is, confidence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than secret:

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

Other hyponyms of secret include open secret, trade secret.

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

secret (adjective)	confidence (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 secret and confidence

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