<p>Technically, this is an English Language question really rather than about psychology or neuroscience.</p>
<p>Esteem is about <strong>respect and admiration</strong>. See <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/esteem" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/esteem</a></p>
<p>Therefore, someone who has self-esteem respects themselves and admires their achievements.</p>
<p>So to expand on that, if you have self-esteem, that helps to have self-confidence which leads to a sense of security in an emotional sense.</p>

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So psychologists do not make a difference between "appreciate/respect oneself including one's achievements" and "being secure about one's capacity to tackle the problems that one might face"?
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@starckman If you are looking at whether the person is secure or not, both are needed to be taken into account. You cannot have full emotional security without either.
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<p>What is the difference between self-confidence and self-esteem?</p>
<p>Is it that self-confidence is more about feeling secure concerning one's own capacity to address problems, while self-esteem is more about a global appreciation of one-self?</p>
<p>Are they separate, and to what extent? Is it possible to have high self-esteem but low self-confidence, and low self-esteem but high-self-confidence?</p>
<p>I guess that normally the two are correlated</p>

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How are related self-confidence and self-esteem?
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# How are related self-confidence and self-esteem?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-03-02)

What is the difference between self-confidence and self-esteem?

Is it that self-confidence is more about feeling secure concerning one's own capacity to address problems, while self-esteem is more about a global appreciation of one-self?

Are they separate, and to what extent? Is it possible to have high self-esteem but low self-confidence, and low self-esteem but high-self-confidence?

I guess that normally the two are correlated

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-03-02. Score: 1

Technically, this is an English Language question really rather than about psychology or neuroscience.

Esteem is about **respect and admiration**. See <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/esteem>

Therefore, someone who has self-esteem respects themselves and admires their achievements.

So to expand on that, if you have self-esteem, that helps to have self-confidence which leads to a sense of security in an emotional sense.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So psychologists do not make a difference between "appreciate/respect oneself including one's achievements" and "being secure about one's capacity to tackle the problems that one might face"?  
> **username_1**: @starckman If you are looking at whether the person is secure or not, both are needed to be taken into account. You cannot have full emotional security without either.  

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