confection vs sweet

confection

noun
  • 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 result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction. 

  • The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something. 

  • A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary. 

verb
  • To make into a confection, prepare as a confection. 

sweet

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

  • The basic taste sensation induced by sugar. 

  • Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection. 

  • A food eaten for dessert. 

intj
  • Used as a positive response to good news or information. 

adj
  • An intensifier. 

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

  • Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur. 

  • Having a pleasant smell. 

  • Not having a salty taste. 

  • Fresh; not salt or brackish. 

  • Doing well; in a good or happy position. 

  • Retaining a portion of sugar. 

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

  • Having a helpful disposition. 

  • Having a pleasing disposition. 

  • Having a taste of sugar. 

  • Very pleasing; agreeable. 

  • Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of. 

  • Having a pleasant sound. 

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

adv
  • In a sweet manner. 

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