Confidant vs Confident

A trusted friend or a feeling of self-assurance? Confidant and confident are easy to swap by accident, and these 8 questions fix that.

You pick the right word for sentences like A private diary might be a better ___ than a human. or A ___ person will look you in the eyes when talking.

Worth remembering: confidant is a noun for a person you trust with secrets, while confident is an adjective describing someone sure of themselves. Same root, different parts of speech.

Recommended level: intermediate.