What's the difference between confident and gentleman?

Confident


Definition:

  • (n.) See Confidant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When pooled data were analysed, this difference was highly significant (p = 0.0001) with a relative risk of schizophrenia in homozygotes of 2.61 (95% confidence intervals 1.60-4.26).
  • (2) Confidence is the major prerequisite for a doctor to be able to help his seriously ill patient.
  • (3) Men who ever farmed were at slightly elevated risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (odds ratio = 1.2, 95% confidence interval = 1.0-1.5) that was not linked to specific crops or particular animals.
  • (4) Although, it did give me the confidence to believe that my voice was valid and important.
  • (5) But Howard added that it may take a while and he is not confident the political reality will change.
  • (6) Jaczko's appearance was the second show of confidence in the nuclear industry since Sunday.
  • (7) Subjects in the highest quartile of the insulin distribution had 6.6 times the risk of developing type II diabetes as subjects in the remaining three quartiles combined (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.14-13.7).
  • (8) However, self-efficacy (defined as confidence in being able to resist the urge to drink heavily) assessed at intake of treatment, was strongly associated with the level of consumption on drinking occasions at follow-up.
  • (9) As Heseltine himself argued, after the success of last summer's Olympics, "our aim must be to become a nation of cities possessed of London's confidence and elan" .
  • (10) The adjusted odds ratio of having one or more hospitalization for current drinkers relative to life-long abstainers in females was 0.67 (95 per cent confidence interval 0.57-0.79) and in males was 0.74 (0.57-0.96).
  • (11) "There is sufficient evidence... of past surface temperatures to say with a high level of confidence that the last few decades of the 20th century were warmer than any comparable period in the last 400 years.
  • (12) She has imbued me with the confidence of encouraging other girls to dream alternative futures that do not rely on FGM as a prerequisite.
  • (13) The changes are necessary to produce confident, supportive community oriented nurses.
  • (14) The relationship between certain prenatal and background variables and maternal confidence also was assessed.
  • (15) Central assessment of the angiograms revealed a patent infarct-related artery in 78 patients (patency rate 66%, 95% confidence limits 57 to 74%).
  • (16) We need to be confident that the criminal justice system takes child abuse seriously.
  • (17) Twellman has steadily grown in confidence as he settles into his role, though whether as a player or as an advocate he was never shy about voicing his opinions.
  • (18) We are confident that the European commission’s state aid decision on Hinkley Point C is legally robust,” a spokeswoman for Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said last week.
  • (19) By 1988, nearly one-half of the public expressed confidence in the future of the Social Security program.
  • (20) In confidence rape, the assailant is known to some degree, however slight, and gains control over his victim by winning her trust.

Gentleman


Definition:

  • (n.) A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.
  • (n.) One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.
  • (n.) One who bears arms, but has no title.
  • (n.) The servant of a man of rank.
  • (n.) A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But I say to the honourable gentleman we won’t get Britain building unless we keep our economy going.” Later, Marie called in to radio station LBC radio to say that the new Labour leader needed to “change the way he does things, mix things up each week and really not let the Conservatives know which side it’s coming from – firing on all corners but doing it in a calm and collected way”.
  • (2) I was told very politely by [Sony Radio Academy awards committee chairman] Tim Blackmore, a true gentleman, I did not resent it at all.
  • (3) Ladies and Gentleman, thank you for joining us this morning.
  • (4) "He said it was scarcely suitable for a gentleman let alone ladies."
  • (5) But the Depp dog furore is a perfect example of the different approach Joyce will take to leading the Nationals – the rural-based minor party in the governing Coalition that has in recent years had a series of gentlemanly leaders who, wherever possible, have settled differences with their Coalition parties quietly, created public fusses only rarely, and international incidents never.
  • (6) Amelia Gentleman writes on social affairs for the Guardian and was one of the research team on Reading the Riots Prison isn't always a suitable punishment : I met Danielle Corns, a 19-year-old student with no previous convictions, who briefly took two left footed trainers out of a shop, thought better of it, and left them outside the shop.
  • (7) The local undertakers were pleased to discover the great Henty to be the man they had always imagined - a full-bearded giant, stern and wise, dressed like a warrior hero or - much the same thing - a Victorian gentleman with the whiff of gunpowder and the clash of sabres about him.
  • (8) But then the gentleman is quite old and has suffered two strokes in the last few years – so the comparatively slow rate at which he was fleeing was probably taken as provocation.
  • (9) Ideally they should also possess the sort of clipped tones that make vulgarities sound like Virgil and the sort of wardrobe that dresses up deviousness as a gentleman's sport.
  • (10) The librarian – he was a very tall gentleman with a pretty dark beard – went off and figured it out.
  • (11) Since 1972 there has been a gentleman's agreement between the ministry and the tobacco branch concerning the size and the content of tobacco advertising.
  • (12) The council will continue to work with this gentleman and his family to ensure that his needs are appropriately met and that he is supported to lead as independent a life as possible.
  • (13) is his immediate reply, which of course makes perfect sense, because Reprezent's listeners, keen as they are to hear new music, would no doubt prefer Psy's latest song Gentleman.
  • (14) If the honourable gentleman wants to finish his question in an orderly way, he can do so."
  • (15) Wednesday 16th July 2014 Photograph: Mike Bowers The two gentleman pictured above foreshadowed new national security laws that will give Asio more powers to snoop on computers and more powers to coordinate with other agencies during investigations.
  • (16) It was the story of a Bangladeshi gentleman whose home was washed out 1km to sea that drove me into the charity sector.
  • (17) The Democratic Unionist assembly member for South Down, Jim Wells, described McGrady as "a true gentleman and a tireless campaigner" for the people of his constituency.
  • (18) The latest fashion must-have for the classless in Cleveland sports a picture of his face with rape in block capitals underneath, making a nuanced reference to allegations against the prospective first gentleman.
  • (19) On Sunday, the News of the World became the first British newspaper to use paparazzi pictures of the prince since the former PCC chairman Lord Wakeham negotiated a "gentleman's agreement" that would prevent such photographs until he finished his full-time education.
  • (20) "The gentleman, opening the circular, hinged portcullis on the front of his helmet, offered his services; and perceiving that her modesty declined what her situation rendered necessary, took her up in his arms without further delay and carried her down the hill."