Confection vs. Candy
Difference Between Confection and Candy
Confectionnoun
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.
The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.Candynoun
Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
Confectionnoun
The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
Candynoun
A piece of confectionery of this kind.
Confectionnoun
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.Candynoun
(slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine
Confectionnoun
(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
Candynoun
(obsolete) A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
Confectionnoun
(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.
Candyverb
(cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
Confectionnoun
(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
Candyverb
(intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on.
Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.Confectionverb
To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
Candyverb
(intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
Confectionnoun
a food rich in sugar
Candynoun
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
Confectionnoun
the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
Candyverb
coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
Confectionverb
make into a confection;
This medicine is home-confected
