Literary vs Confection - What's the difference?
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Relating to literature.
* Johnson
Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
* Mason
Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
Bookish.
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
The act or process of confecting; the process of making]], compounding, or [[prepare, preparing something.
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.
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(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
As a adjective literary
is relating to literature.As a noun confection is
a food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.As a verb confection is
to make into a confection, prepare as a confection.literary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- literary''' fame; a '''literary''' history; '''literary conversation
- He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
- a literary man
- in the literary as well as fashionable world
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* literary criticism * literary device * literary form * literary genre * literary technique * literary theoryExternal links
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English
Noun
(en noun)- The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections .
- The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.
- She found a sexy, lacy confection in a lingerie drawer and quickly slipped into it.