Bonbon vs. Truffle: What's the Difference?

Bonbon and Truffle Definitions
Bonbon
A candy that often has a center of fondant, fruit, or nuts and is coated with chocolate or fondant.
Truffle
Any of various edible, fleshy, irregularly rounded ascomycetous fungi, chiefly of the genus Tuber, that grow underground on or near the roots of trees and are valued as a delicacy.
Bonbon
A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
Truffle
Any of various round candies made of chocolate, butter or cream, sugar, and various flavorings, often coated with cocoa powder.
Bonbon
(cooking) A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.
The terrine was served with black pudding bonbons.
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Truffle
Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
Bonbon
A Christmas cracker.
Truffle
(by analogy) chocolate truffle
Bonbon
Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.
Truffle
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (Tuber æstivum) are much esteemed as articles of food.
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Bonbon
A candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
Truffle
Any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
Truffle
Edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
Truffle
Creamy chocolate candy