Silence and Confidence

Noun silence comes from the adjective silent, meaning complete quiet. noun confidence means having belief in your own abilities. Both adjectives end in the letter t, which changes to a letter c in the suffix n-th. Other common adjectives that add en-c-e or independent and different become independence and difference. Listen out for two words with the suffixes an-s-with-an-a and n-s-With-an-e.