Lover vs. Confidant — What's the Difference?

One who loves another, especially one who is involved in a romantic or sexual relationship with another.

The confidant ( or ; feminine: confidante, same pronunciation) is a character in a story whom a protagonist confides in and trusts. Confidants may be other principal characters, characters who command trust by virtue of their position such as doctors or other authority figures, or anonymous confidants with no separate role in the narrative.

Lovers A couple who are in love with each other.

One to whom secrets or private matters are disclosed.

One who is fond of or devoted to something

A character in a drama or fiction, such as a trusted friend or servant, who serves as a device for revealing the inner thoughts or intentions of a main character.

One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.

A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.

A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.

A person who loves something.

Someone to whom private matters are confided

An informal term of address for any friend.

One who loves; one who is in love; - usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country.

One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.

One who is involved in a sexual relationship with another; as, she took a lover.

See Louver.

A person who loves or is loved

An ardent follower and admirer

A significant other to whom you are not related by marriage