Sweet vs. Sweat

Sweet vs. Sweat — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Sweet and Sweat

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

a sweet apple

Sweatnoun

Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.

Sweetadjective

Having a taste of sugar.

Sweatnoun

A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).

Sweetadjective

Containing a sweetening ingredient.

Sweatnoun

(historical) The sweating sickness.

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Sweetadjective

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

Sweet wines are better dessert wines.

Sweatnoun

Moisture issuing from any substance.

the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack

Sweetadjective

Not having a salty taste.

sweet butter

Sweatnoun

A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasant smell.

a sweet scent

Sweatnoun

(uncountable) Hard work; toil.

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Sweetadjective

Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.

sweet milk

Sweatverb

(intransitive) To emit sweat.

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasant sound.

a sweet tune

Sweatverb

(transitive) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire.

His physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.

Sweetadjective

Having a pleasing disposition.

a sweet child

Sweatverb

To work hard.

I've been sweating over my essay all day.

Sweetadjective

Having a helpful disposition.

It was sweet of him to help out.

Sweatverb

To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.

to sweat a spendthriftto sweat labourers

Sweetadjective

(mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.

sweet soilsweet crude oil

Sweatverb

To worry.

Sweetadjective

(informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.

The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.

Sweatverb

To worry about (something).

Sweetadjective

}} Romantically fixated, enamored (followed by with), fond (followed by of).

The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.

Sweatverb

(transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.

to sweat blood

Sweetadjective

(obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.

sweet water

Sweatverb

(intransitive) To emit moisture.

The cheese will start sweating if you don't refrigerate it.

Sweetadjective

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.

a sweet face; a sweet colour or complexion

Sweatverb

To solder (a pipe joint) together.

Sweetadverb

In a sweet manner.

Sweatverb

To stress out.

Stop sweatin' me!

Sweetnoun

(uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

Sweatverb

To cook slowly in shallow oil without browning.

Sweetnoun

A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

Sweatverb

To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.

Sweetnoun

A food eaten for dessert.

Can we see the sweet menu, please?

Sweatnoun

salty fluid secreted by sweat glands;

sweat poured off his brow

Sweetnoun

sweetheart; darling.

Sweatnoun

agitation resulting from active worry;

don't get in a stewhe's in a sweat about exams

Sweetnoun

(obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.

Sweatnoun

condensation of moisture on a cold surface;

the cold glasses were streaked with sweat

Sweetnoun

(obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

Sweatnoun

use of physical or mental energy; hard work;

he got an A for effortthey managed only with great exertion

Sweetnoun

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

Sweatverb

excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin;

Exercise makes one sweat

Sweetnoun

a dish served as the last course of a meal

Sweetnoun

a food rich in sugar

Sweetnoun

the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

Sweetnoun

the property of containing sugar

Sweetadjective

having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)

Sweetadjective

having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;

an angelic smilea cherubic facelooking so seraphic when he slepta sweet disposition

Sweetadjective

pleasing to the ear;

the dulcet tones of the cello

Sweetadjective

one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey

Sweetadjective

pleasing to the senses;

the sweet song of the larkthe sweet face of a child

Sweetadjective

pleasing to the mind or feeling;

sweet revenge

Sweetadjective

having a natural fragrance;

odoriferous spicesthe odorous air of the orchardthe perfumed air of Junescented flowers

Sweetadjective

(used of wines) having a sweet taste

Sweetadjective

not soured or preserved;

sweet milk

Sweetadjective

with sweetening added

Sweetadjective

not having a salty taste;

sweet water

Sweetadverb

in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly');

Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetlyhow sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this banktalking sweet to each other