Candy vs. Sweet — What's the Difference?

A confection made by dissolving sugar in water or milk to form a syrup, which is boiled until it reaches the desired consistency.

Having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey.

A sweet food made with sugar or syrup combined with fruit, chocolate, or nuts.

Having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter

A term of endearment, sometimes used to refer to something or someone sweet or delightful.

Pleasing in general; delightful

Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies (Australian English, New Zealand English), is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy.

(of a person or action) pleasant and kind or thoughtful

A rich sweet confection made with sugar and often flavored or combined with fruits or nuts.

Used for emphasis in various phrases and exclamations

A piece of such a confection.

A small shaped piece of confectionery made with sugar

(Slang) An illicit drug, especially one, such as cocaine, that has a sugary appearance or a drug in pill form, such as MDMA.

A sweet dish forming a course of a meal; a pudding or dessert.

To cook, preserve, saturate, or coat with sugar or syrup

Used as an affectionate form of address

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

The sweet part or element of something

A piece of confectionery of this kind.

Having the taste of sugar or a substance containing or resembling sugar, as honey or saccharin.

Crack cocaine.

Containing or derived from sugar.

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

Retaining some natural sugar; not dry

(obsolete) A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

Pleasing to the senses; agreeable

(cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.

Pleasing to the mind or feelings; gratifying

(intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on.

Having a pleasing disposition; lovable

(intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

Kind; gracious

To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

Fragrant; perfumed

To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.

Not saline or salted

To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.

Not spoiled, sour, or decaying; fresh

To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.

Free of acid or acidity

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

Low in sulfur content

Any sweet, more or less solid article of confectionery, especially those prepared in small bite-sized pieces or small bars, having a wide variety of shapes, consistencies, and flavors, and manufactured in a variety of ways. It is often flavored or colored, or covered with chocolate, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.; it is often made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. Other types may consist primarily of chocolate or a sweetened gelatin. The term may be applied to a single piece of such confection or to the substance of which it is composed.

(Music) Of, relating to, or being a form of jazz characterized by adherence to a melodic line and to a time signature.

Cocaine.

Remarkable; outstanding.

A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.

Used as an intensive

A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

In a sweet manner; sweetly.

Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

Sweet taste or quality; sweetness.

A small piece of sweet food, typically a bite-sized piece, often individually wrapped.

Something sweet to the taste.

A treat or goodie, often given as a gift or used as a reward.

Foods, such as candy, pastries, puddings, or preserves, that are high in sugar content.

(Informal) Sweet potatoes

A sweet dish, such as pudding, served as dessert.

A sweetmeat or confection.

A dear or beloved person.

Something pleasing to the mind or feelings.

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

Having a taste of sugar.

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

Not having a salty taste.

Having a pleasant smell.

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

Having a pleasant sound.

Having a pleasing disposition.

Having a helpful disposition.

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

(informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.

(slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.

Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of.

; not salt or brackish.

To the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.

An intensifier.

Used as a positive response to good news or information.

In a sweet manner.

(uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

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

A food eaten for dessert.

Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.

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

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

To sweeten.

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; - opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.

That which is sweet to the taste; - used chiefly in the plural.

That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

One who is dear to another; a darling; - a term of endearment.

Sweetly.

To sweeten.

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

A dish served as the last course of a meal

A food rich in sugar

The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

The property of containing sugar

Having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)

Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;

Pleasing to the ear;

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

Pleasing to the senses;

Pleasing to the mind or feeling;

Having a natural fragrance;

(used of wines) having a sweet taste

Not soured or preserved;

With sweetening added

Not having a salty taste;

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

Pleasing in general; delightful or agreeable.

Used to describe a kind, thoughtful, or gentle person.

Referring to a type of food or dish that is sugary, often served as a dessert.

A term of endearment, often used to address someone affectionately.

The main ingredient in most candy is sugar or a sugar substitute.

Yes, sweet can refer to a kind or gentle person as a term of endearment.

Not all sweets are unhealthy; some, like fruits, provide natural sugars and nutrients.

Yes, chocolate is often considered a type of candy, especially in the form of bars or pieces.

Not exactly; candy refers specifically to sugary confections, while sweet is a broader term for anything sugary.

Candy making can be complex, requiring specific techniques and precise temperature control.

Yes, sweet can describe a pleasant or delightful experience.

Honey isn't considered candy, but it's a sweet substance often used as a natural sweetener.

Yes, certain savory dishes with a sugary component can be described as sweet.

Many candies are small and individually wrapped, but not all; some come in bars or unwrapped forms.

A fruit salad is an example of a sweet dish that's not candy.

In music, sweet can describe a pleasant or melodious sound.

Yes, the phrase "like taking candy from a baby" is a common idiom using the word candy.

Yes, there are sugar-free candies made with sugar substitutes.

Yes, a gentle or pleasant voice can be described as sweet.