confectionary vs jelly

confectionary

noun
  • A candy, sweetmeat; a confection. 

  • Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery. 

adj
  • Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production. 

  • Prepared as a confection. 

jelly

noun
  • Any substance or object having the consistency of jelly. 

  • A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "jello" in North America. 

  • A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Normally known as "jam" in Commonwealth English but see redcurrant jelly and jeely 

  • A jellyfish. 

  • Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads. 

  • A jelly shoe. 

  • A large backside, especially a woman's. 

  • A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert. 

  • Blood. 

adj
  • Jealous. 

verb
  • To make into jelly. 

  • To preserve in jelly. 

  • To wiggle like jelly. 

How often have the words confectionary and jelly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )