Oz vs Candy - What's the difference?
oz | candy |
Ounce; any of various units of weight and volume.
(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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(cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
To have sugar crystals form in or on.
To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
(obsolete) a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
As a verb oz
is .As a proper noun candy is
a pet form of the female given name candace or candice.oz
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Abbreviation
(Abbreviation) oz.' ''or'' '''oz''' (''plural'' '''oz.''' ''or'' ' oz )- Add 8 oz of flour.
Usage notes
* The symbol oz is used only after a number to indicate a quantity of a substance. It is usually written with a space between it and the number.External links
*Anagrams
* ----candy
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) sucre candi ("candy sugar"), from (etyl) .Noun
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 candyVerb
- Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.