Confess vs. Profess

Confess vs. Profess — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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.

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Confessverb

admit, make a clean breast of;

She confessed that she had taken the money

Professverb

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 chemistry

Professverb

confess one's faith in, or allegiance to;

The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faithhe professes to be a Communist

Professverb

admit, make a clean breast of;

She confessed that she had taken the money

Professverb

state freely;

The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades

Professverb

receive into a religious order or congregation

Professverb

take vows, as in religious order;

she professed herself as a nun

Professverb

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