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Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

How are they different?

He confessed his crime to me.
He confided in me over the crime.

How are they different?
  

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He confessed his crime to me. It has the idea of remorse and guilt. He confided in me about the crime.

— AlpheccaStars

  • He confessed his crime to me.
  • It has the idea of remorse and guilt.
  • He confided in me about the crime.
  • It has no idea of remorse and guilt.
  • It might even be boasting.
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He confessed his crime to me. It has the idea of remorse and guilt.
He confided in me about the crime. It has no idea of remorse and guilt. It might even be boasting.
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AlpheccaStarsHe confessed his crime to me. It has the idea of remorse and guilt.He confided in me about the crime. It has no idea of remorse and guilt. It might even be boasting.
He confided in me about the crime. (Shouldn't it be "He confided to me about the crime."? Thanks.)
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Yoong LiatHe confided in me about the crime. (Shouldn't it be "He confided to me about the crime."? Thanks.)
With the "about", the verb "confide" is used intransitively and normally takes "in".

But it can also be used transitively as in:

He confided the secret to me.

or:

He confided to me that he had committed the
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