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Cozy vs Honey - What's the difference?

cozy | honey |

As adjectives the difference between cozy and honey

is that cozy is affording comfort and warmth; snug; social while honey is describing a thing involving or resembling honey.

As nouns the difference between cozy and honey

is that cozy is a padded or knit covering to keep an item warm, especially a teapot or egg while honey is (uncountable) a viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.

As verbs the difference between cozy and honey

is that cozy is to become snug and comfortable while honey is to be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.

cozy

English

Alternative forms

* cosy (UK) * cozey * cosey * cozie * cosie

Adjective

(er)
  • Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social
  • * 1785', , ''Holy Fair'' - While some are ' cozie i' the neuk, / An' forming assignations / To meet some day
  • Synonyms

    * snug

    Derived terms

    * cozy up

    Hyponyms

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    Noun

    (cozies)
  • A padded or knit covering to keep an item warm, especially a teapot or egg.
  • A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).
  • Derived terms

    * tea cozy * egg cozy

    Verb

  • To become snug and comfortable.
  • To become friendly with.
  • He spent all day cozying up to the new boss, hoping for a plum assignment.

    honey

    English

    (wikipedia honey)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.
  • (countable) A variety of this substance.
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  • (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
  • * 1595 , , Act 5, Scene 3, lines 91–93:
  • O my love, my wife! / Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath / Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
  • * Shakespeare
  • the honey of his language
  • Honey , would you take out the trash?
    Honey , I'm home.
  • (countable, informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
  • Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!
  • A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
  • Synonyms

    * (sweet fluid from bees) (l) * (term of affection) sweetie

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Describing a thing involving or resembling honey.
  • * 1599 William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1, Sc. 2 :
  • So work the honey -bees, / Creatures that by a rule in nature teach / The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
  • A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of honey.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Honeying and making love.
  • To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
  • * Tennyson
  • Rough to common men, / But honey at the whisper of a lord.

    Derived terms

    * hon * honey badger * honey bear * honey bucket * honey bun * honey bunch * honey dipper * honey fungus * honey guide * honey locust * honey mesquite * honey mouse * honey myrtle * honey parrot * honey plant * honeybee * honeybun * honey-buzzard * honeycomb * honeycomb moth * honeycombed * honeycreeper * honeydew * honeydew melon * honeyeater * honeyed * honeymoon * honeysucker * honeysuckle * honey-sweet * land of milk and honey * western honey mesquite

    See also

    * * apis mellifica * diabetes mellitus * hydromel * melilot * melliferous * mellifluous * melliphagous * mellitic acid * molasses * oenomel English affectionate terms