different between confidant vs tatee

English

Etymology

From French confident.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.f?.d?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.f??dænt/, /?k?n.f??dænt/
• Hyphenation: con?fi?dant

Noun

confidant (plural confidants)

1. A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
   • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, William Miller (1808), page 223:

     Heaven made you love me for no other end, / But to become my confidant and friend: / As such, I keep no secret from your sight, […]

Translations

See also

• confidante

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?fi?.dant/, [kõ??fi?d?än?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?fi.dant/, [k?n?fi?d??n?t?]

Verb

c?nf?dant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of c?nf?d?

English

Etymology

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Noun

tatee (plural tatees)

1. (Southern US) aunt; auntie.
2. (Southern US) a person having the qualities of a trusted and honest confidant (without intimate interactions implied).