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Candy vs Chocolate - What's the difference?

candy | chocolate |

As nouns the difference between candy and chocolate

is that candy is edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors while chocolate is a food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

As a verb candy

is to cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.

As a proper noun Candy

is a pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.

As an adjective chocolate is

made of or containing chocolate.

candy

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) sucre candi ("candy sugar"), from (etyl) .

Noun

  • (uncountable, chiefly, US) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
  • *
  • (countable, chiefly, US) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
  • *
    • Synonyms
    * (confection) confectionery, sweets (British), lollies (Australia), sugar candy (US) * (piece of candy) sweet (British), lolly (Australia)
    Derived terms
    * arm candy * bee candy * brain candy * candy ass * candy cane * candy floss * candy man * candy store * candy stripe * candy striper * cotton candy * ear candy * eye candy * hard candy * like taking candy from a baby * nose candy * rock candy * sugar candy

    Verb

  • (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
  • To have sugar crystals form in or on.
    • Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
  • To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * candee

    Noun

    (candy)
  • (obsolete) a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
    • Synonyms
    * maunee

    Anagrams

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    chocolate

    English

    (wikipedia chocolate)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans
    • Chocolate is a very popular treat.
  • (uncountable) A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk
  • (countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate
    • He bought her some chocolates as a gift.
  • (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate
    • As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate .

    Derived terms

    * bar of chocolate * choc * choccy * chocoholic * chocolate-box * chocolate chip * chocolate leather * chocolate phosphate * chocolate plastic * chocolate tree * chocolatey, chocolaty * compound chocolate * dark chocolate * hot chocolate * milk chocolate * modeling chocolate, modelling chocolate * plain chocolate * white chocolate

    Related terms

    * chocolatier

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of or containing chocolate.
  • Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.

    • See also

    * black bottom pie * Black Forest gateau * brownie * cacao * carob * cocoa bean * cocoa butter * * devil's food cake * ganache * lamington * marquise * mocha * mochaccino * mole * Nanaimo bar * praline * sacher torte * tollhouse cookie * truffle *

    References

    * * 2000 , Karen Dakin, Søren Wichmann, ‘Cacao and Chocolate: An Uto-Aztec perspective’, Ancient Mesoamerica , vol. 11, pages 55–75. * 1983 , Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (University of Texas Press), page 54.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "chocolate") * 1000 English basic words ----