Confess vs. Profess
Difference Between Confess and Profess
Confessverb
To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
I confess to spray-painting all over that mural!I confess, that I am a sinner.Professverb
(transitive) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.)
Confessverb
To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
Professverb
(reflexive) To declare oneself (to be something).
Confessverb
(religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
Professverb
(ambitransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm.
Confessverb
(religion) To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.
Professverb
(transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.
Confessverb
To disclose or reveal.
Professverb
(transitive) To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
Confessverb
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
Professverb
(transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach.
Confessverb
admit, make a clean breast of;
She confessed that she had taken the moneyProfessverb
To claim to have knowledge or understanding of (a given area of interest, subject matter).
Confessverb
confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
Professverb
practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about;
She professes organic chemistryProfessverb
confess one's faith in, or allegiance to;
The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faithhe professes to be a CommunistProfessverb
admit, make a clean breast of;
She confessed that she had taken the moneyProfessverb
state freely;
The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good gradesProfessverb
receive into a religious order or congregation
Professverb
take vows, as in religious order;
she professed herself as a nunProfessverb
state insincerely;
He professed innocence but later admitted his guiltShe pretended not to have known the suicide bomberShe pretends to be an expert on wine
