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Endearment vs Sugarpie - What's the difference?

endearment | sugarpie |

As nouns the difference between endearment and sugarpie

is that endearment is the act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection while sugarpie is a term of endearment; honey, sweetie, darling.

endearment

English

Alternative forms

* indearment

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.
  • * 1913 , , The Vision Splendid , ch. 20:
  • Every step of that walk led Jeff deeper into an excursion of endearment . It was amazingly true that he trod beside her an acknowledged friend, a secret lover.
  • The state or characteristic of being endeared.
  • * 1855 , , North and South , ch. 38:
  • He could not forget the fond and earnest look that had passed between her and some other man—the attitude of familiar confidence, if not of positive endearment .
  • An expression of affection.
  • * 1902 , , The Conqueror , ch. 18:
  • When they were alone he called him "my boy," an endearment he never gave another.

    Synonyms

    * (state or characteristic of being endeared) belovedness * (expression of affection) term of endearment

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    sugarpie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sugar-pie

    Noun

    (-)
  • A term of endearment; honey, sweetie, darling.
  • English affectionate terms