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Gloria vs Candy - What's the difference?

gloria | candy |

As a noun gloria

is glory.

As a proper noun candy is

a pet form of the female given name candace or candice.

gloria

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • . Popular during the first half of the 20th century.
  • * 1835 Jacobus Flax , , October 1835, page 291:
  • Miss Flax, the little thin sister, and Miss Gloria , the stout able-bodied sister, lifted up their hands and eyes in horror at the mere hint of a wet nurse.
  • * 1898 , You Never Can Tell , Act II:
  • Crampton . - - - What's your name? I mean your pet name. They can't very well call you Sophronia.
    Gloria . Sophronia! My name is Gloria . I am always called by it.
    Crampton . Your name is Sophronia, girl: you were called after your aunt Sophronia, my sister: she gave you your first Bible with your name written in it.
    Gloria : Then my mother gave me a new name.

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    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

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