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Candy vs Cindy - What's the difference?

candy | cindy |

As proper nouns the difference between candy and cindy

is that candy is a pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice while Cindy is {{given name|female|diminutive=Cynthia}} and Lucinda; also used as a formal female given name.

As a noun 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.

As a verb candy

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

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.
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  • (countable, chiefly, US) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
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    • 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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    cindy

    English

    (wikipedia Cindy)

    Alternative forms

    * Cindi * Cyndi

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • and Lucinda; also used as a formal female given name.
  • * 1849 , Vol. 39 (1849), page 55:
    • Cindy came in lugging my trunk, assisted by an elderly servant-woman - - - ["]You may go, Tabitha, to your spinning, and you, Lucinda, bring up a pitcher of water for Miss Mary," said Mrs. Hardinge.
  • * 1870 (George Cruikshank), George Cruikshank's Fairy Library (1870), page 10:
    • Now, you must know that Cinderella had a godmother, - - - . The little old lady sat down upon a small log of wood on the opposite side, and said ,? "Why, Cindy , my darling, you have been crying?"
  • * 1999 (Ed McBain), The Big Bad City , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0671025694, page 139:
    • Her twin daughters were on the playground equipment. Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them.
  • * 2010 , And the Land Lay Still , Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 9780241143568, page 95:
    • 'Cindy sounds nice.' 'She is.' 'Is that her real name? Like the doll?' 'Aye, but with a C. C-I-N-D-Y.' 'Isn't that how the doll's spelled?' 'No, the doll has an S.'

    Usage notes

    * Popular given name in the U.S.A. in the 1950s.