secretary vs confidant

secretary and confidant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
secretary	Yes	No	No	No
confidant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, confidant is a hypernym of secretary; that is, confidant is a word with a broader meaning than secretary:

Other hypernyms of secretary include intimate.

secretary (noun)	confidant (noun)
a desk used for writing	someone to whom private matters are confided
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
a person to whom a secret is entrusted