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Dandified vs Candified - What's the difference?

dandified | candified |

As adjectives the difference between dandified and candified

is that dandified is characteristic (in dress and habits) of a dandy while candified is (sometimes|derogatory) made sweet or saccharine.

As a verb dandified

is (dandify).

dandified

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dandify)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic (in dress and habits) of a dandy

    • candified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (sometimes, derogatory) Made sweet or saccharine.
  • * 1998 , John D. Seelye, Memory's nation: the place of Plymouth Rock (page 21)
    • They have become democratized into an item of popular consumption, perhaps a more gritty comestible than the candified menu served up in Disneyland's version of the American past...
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 15, author=Bernard Holland, title=Ravel: A Bit Wicked, a Bit Nostalgic, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=A minor misfortune of Ravel’s legacy is the relative obscurity of his best piano pieces and the prominence of their candified orchestral versions. }}