saccharine vs sweet

saccharine

adj
  • Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid. 

  • Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. 

  • Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”). 

noun
  • Sentimentalism. 

sweet

adj
  • Retaining a portion of sugar. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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

noun
  • The basic taste sensation induced by sugar. 

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

  • Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection. 

  • A food eaten for dessert. 

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