Confectionery vs. Confection — What's the Difference?

Confectionery is the art of making confections, which are food items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates. Exact definitions are difficult.

The act or process of confecting or the result of it

Sweets and chocolates considered collectively

A sweet prepared food, such as candy or cake.

Candies and other confections considered as a group.

A sweetened medicinal compound; an electuary.

The skill or occupation of a confectioner.

A piece displaying splendid craft, skill, and work

A confectioner's shop.

To make into a confection.

(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

(uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.

The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.

A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.

The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.

Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.

(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.

A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.

(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.

A food rich in sugar

(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.

A confectioner's shop

To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

A composition of different materials.

A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.

A composition of drugs.

A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

A food rich in sugar

The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components

Make into a confection;