Mizuame vs. Sweetener — What's the Difference?

Mizuame (水飴, literally "water candy", also known as millet jelly) is a sweetener from Japan. A clear, thick, sticky liquid, it is made by converting starch to sugars.

Something that sweetens.

A Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made by converting starch to sugars.

(Informal) Something added as a further inducement or incentive.

Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.

(informal) Something given or added to added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe or kickback.

(slang) A shill bidder at an auction.

One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.

Something added to foods to make them taste sweeter

Anything that serves as an enticement