Candy vs Popsicle - What's the difference?
candy | popsicle |
(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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(cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
To have sugar crystals form in or on.
To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
(obsolete) a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
(trademark) A type of ice lolly.
As nouns the difference between candy and popsicle
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 Popsicle is a type of ice lolly.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.candy
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) sucre candi ("candy sugar"), from (etyl) .Noun
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 candyVerb
- Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* candeeNoun
(candy)Synonyms
* mauneeAnagrams
*popsicle
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Noun
(Popsicles)References
*Popsicle - The History of the Popsicle, Mary Bellis