secret vs confidential

confidential vs secret

secret is a noun but confidential is not a noun.

secret and confidential both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, secret and confidential are synonyms defined as:

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

secret (noun)	confidential (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

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

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