Cower vs Confection - What's the difference?
cower | confection |
To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
* Dryden
* Goldsmith
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
The act or process of confecting; the process of making]], compounding, or [[prepare, preparing something.
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.
* 2007 , , Primal Desires
(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
As verbs the difference between cower and confection
is that cower is to crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear or cower can be (obsolete|transitive) to cherish with care while confection is to make into a confection, prepare as a confection.As a noun confection is
a food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.cower
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kuren or from Scandinavian ((etyl) . Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.Verb
(en verb)- He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.
- Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
- Like falcons, cowering on the nest.
See also
* coward * cowardiceEtymology 2
confection
English
Noun
(en noun)- The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections .
- The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.
- She found a sexy, lacy confection in a lingerie drawer and quickly slipped into it.
