Lollipop vs. Sucker — What's the Difference?

A candy attached to a stick, usually round in shape.

A candy mounted on a stick, often enjoyed by sucking.

A sweet treat commonly given to children.

A person who is easily deceived or tricked.

A flavored medication in the form of a lollipop.

An appendage in plants used for attachment or absorption.

A symbol of childhood innocence and simplicity.

One that sucks, especially an unweaned domestic animal.

An item often sold at fairs and amusement parks.

One who is easily deceived; a dupe.

A lollipop is a type of sugar candy usually consisting of hard candy mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. Different informal terms are used in different places, including lolly, sucker, sticky-pop, etc.

One that is indiscriminately attracted to something specified

A confection consisting of a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick.

An unspecified thing. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive

An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy/sweet attached to a stick.

A person. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive

Something having the shape of a lollipop: a linear stem connected to a round body.

A lollipop.

A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.

A piston or piston valve, as in a suction pump or syringe.

A piece of hard candy, often of discoid shape, attached to the end of a handle of wood or hard paper by which it is held in the hand while being licked; - it is popular with small children.

A tube or pipe, such as a siphon, through which something is sucked.

Ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick;

Any of numerous freshwater fishes of the family Catostomidae of North America and East Asia, having a thick-lipped mouth used for feeding by suction.

Hard candy on a stick

(Zoology) An organ or other structure adapted for sucking nourishment or for clinging to objects by suction.

(Botany) A secondary shoot produced from the base or roots of a woody plant that gives rise to a new plant.

To strip suckers or shoots from (plants).

(Informal) To trick; dupe

To send out suckers or shoots.

A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.

(horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.

(by extension) A parasite; a sponger.

An organ or body part that does the sucking; especially a round structure on the bodies of some insects, frogs, and octopuses that allows them to stick to surfaces.

A thing that works by sucking something.

The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.

A pipe through which anything is drawn.

A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.

A suction cup.

An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Catostomidae of North America and eastern Asia, which have mouths modified into downward-pointing, suckerlike structures for feeding in bottom sediments.

A lollipop; a piece of candy which is sucked.

A hard drinker.

An inhabitant of Illinois.

A migrant lead miner working in the Driftless Area of northwest Illinois, southwest Wisconsin, and northeast Iowa, working in summer and leaving for winter, so named because of the similarity to the migratory patterns of the North American Catostomidae.

A person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something; a naive or gullible person.

(informal) A person irresistibly attracted by something specified.

The penis.

Any thing or object.

A person.

To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.

To produce suckers; to throw up additional stems or shoots.

(intransitive) To move or attach oneself by means of suckers.

To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.

To lure someone.

One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies.

A suckling; a sucking animal.

The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.

A pipe through which anything is drawn.

A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; - used by children as a plaything.

A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; - so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant.

Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidæ; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and suckerel.

A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above.

A hard drinker; a soaker.

A greenhorn; someone easily cheated, gulled, or deceived.

A nickname applied to a native of Illinois.

Any thing or person; - usually implying annoyance or dislike; as, I went to change the blade and cut my finger on the sucker.

A person strongly attracted to something; - usually used with for; as, he's a sucker for tall blondes.

To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.

To cheat or deceive (a gullible person); to make a sucker of (someone).

To form suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly.

A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

A shoot arising from a plant's roots

A drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)

Flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws

Hard candy on a stick

An organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction

Mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps

A term used colloquially to refer to someone or something.

A fish with a mouth adapted for sucking.

A sucker is a candy on a stick but can come in various shapes.

Yes, "lollipop" is a noun.

Yes, the terms are often used interchangeably in American English.

While popular in America, the term "lollipop" is used internationally.

A lollipop is a type of candy usually round in shape and attached to a stick.

Yes, some lollipops contain medication for issues like sore throats.

In American English, "sucker" can be colloquial when referring to a person.

No, the term "sucker" can also refer to a gullible person.

No, suckers can come in various shapes, such as hearts or animals.

Yes, calling someone a "sucker" implies they are easily deceived.

Generally, lollipops are hard candy meant for sucking or licking, not chewing.

No, "sucker" is not commonly used as a verb.

While often associated with children, lollipops are enjoyed by people of all ages.

Sugar-free versions are available but consult a healthcare provider for suitability.

Most are sweet, but some may have sour or spicy flavors.