Morale vs. Confidence — What's the Difference?

Morale, also known as esprit de corps (French pronunciation: ​[ɛspʀi də kɔʀ]), is the capacity of a group's members to maintain belief in an institution or goal, particularly in the face of opposition or hardship. Morale is often referenced by authority figures as a generic value judgment of the willpower, obedience, and self-discipline of a group tasked with performing duties assigned by a superior.

Confidence is a state of being clear-headed either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Confidence comes from a Latin word 'fidere' which means "to trust"; therefore, having self-confidence is having trust in one's self.

The state of the spirits of a person or group as exhibited by confidence, cheerfulness, discipline, and willingness to perform assigned tasks

The feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something

The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.

The telling of private matters or secrets with mutual trust

The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.

A belief or conviction that an outcome will be favorable

A state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

Belief in the certainty of something

The spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

Belief in the effectiveness of one's own abilities or in one's favorable acceptance by others; self-confidence.

Trust or faith in a person or thing

A trusting relationship

That which is confided; a secret

A feeling of assurance that a confidant will keep a secret

Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud

Self-assurance.

A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.

Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.

(dated) Boldness; presumption.

The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; - formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

That in which faith is put or reliance had.

Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.

The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; - often with self prefixed.

Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.

Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.

Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.

Giving occasion for confidence.

Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;

A feeling of trust (in someone or something);

A state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable;

A trustful relationship;

A secret that is confided or entrusted to another;