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Goody vs Sweets - What's the difference?

goody | sweets |

As nouns the difference between goody and sweets

is that goody is a small amount of something good to eat while sweets is confectionery, candy.

As an interjection goody

is used to indicate pleasure or delight.

goody

English

Interjection

(wikipedia goody) goody !
  • Used to indicate pleasure or delight.

    • Noun

    (goodies)
  • A small amount of something good to eat.
  • Any small, usually free, item.
  • (Ireland) pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
  • (obsolete) shortening of goodwife, a 17th century puritan honorific.
  • protagonist or hero
  • An American fish, the lafayette or spot.

    • sweets

    English

    (wikipedia sweets)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (British, plurale tantum) Confectionery, candy.
  • A term of endearment; sweetheart.
    • I miss you, sweets .

    Derived terms

    * boiled sweets