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Sweetmeat vs Hardbake - What's the difference?

sweetmeat | hardbake |

As nouns the difference between sweetmeat and hardbake

is that sweetmeat is a sweet delicacy; a confection while hardbake is a sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses with almonds, flavoured with orange or lemon juice.

sweetmeat

English

Alternative forms

* sweatmeat (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sweet delicacy; a confection

    • hardbake

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses with almonds, flavoured with orange or lemon juice.
    • (Thackeray)
    (Webster 1913)