confidant
- confident
‘confidant’
Confidant /^kɒnfɪdænt/ is a noun. A confidant is a person who you discuss your private problems and worries with. You use the spelling confidante when the person is a woman.
...Colonel House, a friend and confidant of President Woodrow Wilson.
She became her father's only confidante.
‘confident’
Confident /^kɒnfɪdənt/ is an adjective. If you are confident about something, you are certain that it will happen in the way you want.
He was confident that the problem with the guidance mechanism could be fixed.
I feel confident about the future of British music.
People who are confident are sure of their own abilities.
... a witty, young and confident lawyer.
His manner is more confident these days.