Confection vs. Candy

Confection vs. Candy — Is There a Difference?
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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

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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.
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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