Boldness vs. Confidence — What's the Difference?

Boldness is the opposite of fearfulness. To be bold implies a willingness to get things done despite risks.

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 "to trust"; therefore, having self-confidence is having trust in one's self.

Fearless and daring; courageous

The feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something

Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring

The telling of private matters or secrets with mutual trust

Unduly forward and brazen; impudent

A belief or conviction that an outcome will be favorable

Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative

Belief in the certainty of something

Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous

Belief in the effectiveness of one's own abilities or in one's favorable acceptance by others; self-confidence.

Strong or pronounced; prominent

Trust or faith in a person or thing

Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain

A trusting relationship

(Printing) Boldface.

That which is confided; a secret

The state of being bold; courage.

A feeling of assurance that a confidant will keep a secret

Presumptuousness

Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud

(typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

Self-assurance.

The state or quality of being bold.

A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.

The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger;

Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.

Impudent aggressiveness;

(dated) Boldness; presumption.

The quality of standing out strongly and distinctly

The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; - formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

That in which faith is put or reliance had.

Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.

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.

Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.

Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.

Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.

Giving occasion for confidence.

Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;

A feeling of trust (in someone or something);

A state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable;

A trustful relationship;

A secret that is confided or entrusted to another;