Pride vs. Confidence
Pridenoun
The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.
Confidencenoun
Self-assurance.
Pridenoun
(often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.
‘He took pride in his work.’; ‘He had pride of ownership in his department.’;
Confidencenoun
A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
Pridenoun
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain; hubris.
Confidencenoun
Information held in secret.
Pridenoun
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
Confidencenoun
(dated) Boldness; presumption.
Pridenoun
Show; ostentation; glory.
Confidencenoun
The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; - formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.
‘Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity.’; ‘A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God.’;
Pridenoun
Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory,
Confidencenoun
That in which faith is put or reliance had.
‘The Lord shall be thy confidence.’;
Pridenoun
Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
Confidencenoun
Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.
‘Be confident to speak, Northumberland;We three are but thyself.’;
Pridenoun
Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
Confidencenoun
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.
‘Your wisdom is consumed in confidence;Do not go forth to-day.’; ‘But confidence then bore thee on secureEither to meet no danger, or to findMatter of glorious trial.’;
Pridenoun
A company of lions or other large felines.
‘A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.’;
Confidencenoun
Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.
‘As confident as is the falcon's flightAgainst a bird, do I with Mowbray fight.’;
Pridenoun
(zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
Confidencenoun
Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.
‘Sir, I desire some confidence with you.’; ‘I am confident that very much be done.’;
Pridenoun
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Confidencenoun
Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.
‘The fool rageth and is confident.’;
Prideverb
(reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
‘I pride myself on being a good judge of character.’;
Confidencenoun
Giving occasion for confidence.
‘The cause was more confident than the event was prosperous.’;
Pridenoun
A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); - called also prid, and sandpiper.
Confidencenoun
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
‘his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular’; ‘after that failure he lost his confidence’; ‘she spoke with authority’;
Pridenoun
The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
‘Those that walk in pride he is able to abase.’; ‘Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt.’;
Confidencenoun
a feeling of trust (in someone or something);
‘I have confidence in our team’; ‘confidence is always borrowed, never owned’;
Pridenoun
A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; - in a good sense.
‘Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride.’; ‘A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.’;
Confidencenoun
a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable;
‘public confidence in the economy’;
Pridenoun
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
‘Let not the foot of pride come against me.’; ‘That hardly we escaped the pride of France.’;
Confidencenoun
a trustful relationship;
‘he took me into his confidence’; ‘he betrayed their trust’;
Pridenoun
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
‘Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride.’; ‘I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.’; ‘A bold peasantry, their country's pride.’;
Confidencenoun
a secret that is confided or entrusted to another;
‘everyone trusted him with their confidences’; ‘the priest could not reveal her confidences’;
Pridenoun
Show; ostentation; glory.
‘Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.’;
Confidencenoun
the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something
‘we had every confidence in the staff’; ‘he had gained the young man's confidence’;
Pridenoun
Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
‘A falcon, towering in her pride of place.’;
Confidencenoun
the state of feeling certain about the truth of something
‘I can say with confidence that I have never before driven up this street’;
Pridenoun
Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
Confidencenoun
a feeling of self-assurance arising from an appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities
‘he would walk up those steps with a confidence he didn't feel’; ‘she's brimming with confidence’;
Prideverb
To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; - used reflexively.
‘Pluming and priding himself in all his services.’;
Confidencenoun
the telling of private matters or secrets with mutual trust
‘someone with whom you may raise your suspicions in confidence’;
Prideverb
To be proud; to glory.
Confidencenoun
a secret or private matter told to someone under a condition of trust
‘the girls exchanged confidences about their parents’;
Pridenoun
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
Confidence
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 therefore, having self-confidence is having trust in one's self.
‘to trust’;
Pridenoun
satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements;
‘he takes pride in his son's success’;
Pridenoun
the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
Pridenoun
a group of lions
Pridenoun
unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Prideverb
be proud of;
‘He prides himself on making it into law school’;
Pride
Pride is positive emotional response or attitude to something with an intimate connection to oneself, due to its perceived value. Oxford defines it amongst other things as This may be related to one's own abilities or achievements, positive characteristics of friends or family, or one's country.
‘the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's own importance’;
