Saccharin vs. Saccharine — What's the Difference?

Saccharin is an artificial sweetener with effectively no food energy. It is about 300–400 times as sweet as sucrose but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations.

Excessively sweet or sentimental

A sweet-tasting synthetic compound used in food and drink as a substitute for sugar.

Relating to or containing sugar; sugary.

A white crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, having a taste about 500 times sweeter than cane sugar, used as a calorie-free sweetener.

Another term for saccharin

(chemistry) a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products

Of, relating to, or characteristic of sugar or saccharin; sweet.

A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; - so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).

Having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character

A crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener

Excessively sentimental

(dated) Of or relating to sugar; sugary.

(dated) Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar.

Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.

Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.

Of or relating to 7H5NO3S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products}}.

(dated) Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar.

(figurative) Sentimentalism.

Alternative spelling of saccharin

Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.

A trade name for benzoic sulphinide.

Overly sweet