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Candlestick vs Candleholder - What's the difference?

candlestick | candleholder |

Candleholder is a hyponym of candlestick.



As nouns the difference between candlestick and candleholder

is that candlestick is a holder with a socket or spike for a candle while candleholder is a device for holding one or more lit candles.

candlestick

English

(wikipedia candlestick)

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a holder with a socket or spike for a candle.

    • See also

    * candelabrum * candelabra * menorah

    candleholder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device for holding one or more lit candles
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 5, author=, title=Brooklyn: Man Killed in Fall, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=When officers arrived, the man, whose name was not released, confronted them with a metal candleholder , officials said. }}

    Hyponyms

    * candelabrum * candlestick * girandole