Sweets vs. Confectionary — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sweets and Confectionary
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Sweets
Having the taste of sugar or a substance containing or resembling sugar, as honey or saccharin.
Confectionary
A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
Sweets
Containing or derived from sugar.
Confectionary
Sweet preparations; confections.
Sweets
Retaining some natural sugar; not dry
A sweet wine.
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Confectionary
(Obsolete) A confectioner.
Sweets
Pleasing to the senses; agreeable
The sweet song of the lark.
A sweet face.
Confectionary
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
Confectionary wares
Sweets
Pleasing to the mind or feelings; gratifying
Sweet revenge.
Confectionary
Prepared as a confection.
Sweets
Having a pleasing disposition; lovable
A sweet child.
Confectionary
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
Sweets
Kind; gracious
It was sweet of him to help out.
Confectionary
(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
Sweets
Fragrant; perfumed
A sweet scent.
Confectionary
(dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
Sweets
Not saline or salted
Sweet water.
Sweet butter.
Confectionary
(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13.
Sweets
Not spoiled, sour, or decaying; fresh
Sweet milk.
Confectionary
Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
Sweets
Free of acid or acidity
Sweet soil.
Confectionary
A confectioner.
He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks.
Sweets
Low in sulfur content
Sweet fuel oil.
Confectionary
Prepared as a confection.
The biscuit or confectionary plum.
Sweets
(Music) Of, relating to, or being a form of jazz characterized by adherence to a melodic line and to a time signature.
Sweets
Remarkable; outstanding.
Sweets
Used as an intensive
Took his own sweet time to finish.
Earns a sweet million per year.
Sweets
In a sweet manner; sweetly.
Sweets
Sweet taste or quality; sweetness.
Sweets
Something sweet to the taste.
Sweets
Foods, such as candy, pastries, puddings, or preserves, that are high in sugar content.
Sweets
(Informal) Sweet potatoes
Candied sweets.
Sweets
A sweet dish, such as pudding, served as dessert.
Sweets
A sweetmeat or confection.
Sweets
A dear or beloved person.
Sweets
Something pleasing to the mind or feelings.
Sweets
Plural of sweet
Sweets
Confectionery, candy.
Sweets
(slang) drugs, amphetamine
Sweets
Flowers, sweet-scented.
Sweets
A term of endearment; sweetheart.
I miss you, sweets.
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