candy vs taffy

candy

noun
  • Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors. 

  • A piece of confectionery of this kind. 

  • crack cocaine. 

  • An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene. 

verb
  • To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass. 

  • To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup. 

  • To have sugar crystals form in or on. 

taffy

noun
  • A soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and butter. 

  • Flattery. 

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