different between confidence vs certitude

English

Alternative forms

• confidency (dated)

Etymology

From Latin c?nf?dentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from c?nf?d? (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + f?d? (“trust”).

Morphologically confide +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?n'f?d?ns, IPA^(key): /?k?nf?d?ns/

Noun

confidence (countable and uncountable, plural confidences)

1. Self-assurance.
2. A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
3. Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
4. (dated) Boldness; presumption.

Antonyms

• (self-assurance): timidity

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• confidence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nf?dentia. Doublet of confiance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.fi.d??s/

Noun

confidence f (plural confidences)

1. confidence, secret

Related terms

• confident

References

• “confidence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle French certitude, from Late Latin certit?d?, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?t?t(j)ud/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??t?tju?d/

Noun

certitude (countable and uncountable, plural certitudes)

1. (uncountable) Sureness, certainty.

   I have absolute certitude about that.

2. (countable) Something that is a certainty.

   Taxes are obviously certitudes.

Synonyms

• certainty (more common)

Related terms

• certain
• sure

Translations

Anagrams

• rectitude

French

Etymology

From Middle French certitude, borrowed from Late Latin certit?d?, from Latin certus (“sure”) + suffix -tudo for noun of state, evolved in -tude in contemporary French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.ti.tyd/
• Homophone: certitudes
• Hyphenation: cer?ti?tude

Noun

certitude f (plural certitudes)

1. certitude

Synonyms

• assurance

Antonyms

• doute
• incertitude

Further reading

• “certitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rectitude

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin certit?d?, from Latin certus (“sure”).

Noun

certitude f (plural certitudes)

1. certainty (quality of being certain)

Descendants

• French: certitude