Short vs Sweet - What's the difference?

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As proper nouns the difference between short and sweet

is that short is while sweet is .

short

English

(wikipedia short)

Adjective

(er)

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

(of a person) Of comparatively little height.

Having little duration; opposite of long.

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Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.

Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

“Phone” is short''' for “telephone” and "asap" '''short for "as soon as possible".

(cricket, Of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.

(cricket, Of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.

Brittle (of pastry, and some metals); see also shortening, shortcrust.

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

He gave a short answer to the question.

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

a short supply of provisions

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.

to be short of money

The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.

Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

an account which is short of the truth

* Landor

Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war.

(obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.

* Spenser

Marinell was sore offended / That his departure thence should be so short .

* Clarendon

He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day.

In a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.

Usage notes

* (having a small distance between ends or edges) (term) is often used in the positive vertical dimension and used as is (shallow) in the negative vertical dimension; in the horizontal dimension (narrow) is more commonly used.

Synonyms

* (having a small distance between ends or edges) low, narrow, slim, shallow * little, pint-sized, petite, titchy (slang) * (having little duration) brief, concise * an abbreviation of, a short form of

Antonyms

* (having a small distance between ends or edges) tall, high, wide, broad, deep, long * tall * (having little duration) long * long

Adverb

(-)

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.

He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.

The boss got a message and cut the meeting short .

Unawares.

The recent developments at work caught them short .

Without achieving a goal or requirement.

His speech fell short of what was expected.

(cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.

(finance) With a negative ownership position.

We went short most finance companies in July.

Noun

(en noun)

A short circuit.

A short film.

* 2012 July 12, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift [http://www.avclub.com/articles/ice-age-continental-drift,82358/]

Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.

(Used to indicate a short-length version of a size)

38 short suits fit me right off the rack.

Do you have that size in a short .

(baseball) A shortstop.

Jones smashes a grounder between third and short .

(finance) A short seller.

The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.

(finance) A short sale.

He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.

A summary account.

* Shakespeare

The short and the long is, our play is preferred.

(phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

* H. Sweet

If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in "bit" and "beat", "not" and "naught", we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well.

(label) An shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.

Verb

(en verb)

To cause a in (something).

Of an electrical circuit, to .

To shortchange.

To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.

(business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short .

(obsolete) To shorten.

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Deficient in.

We are short a few men on the second shift.

He's short common sense.

(finance) Having a negative position in.

I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.

Synonyms

* (deficient in) lacking, short on

Derived terms

* cold short * for short * hot short * in short * short-arse * short back and sides * short of * short-change, shortchange * shorten * short end of the stick * shortie * shortfall * shorthand * short strokes * shorty * the long and short

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sweet

English

(wikipedia sweet)

Adjective

(er)

Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

a sweet apple

Having a taste of sugar.

Containing a sweetening ingredient.

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

Sweet wines are better dessert wines.

Not having a salty taste.

sweet butter

* 1821 , Robert Thomas, The modern practice of physic

Nothing has been found so effectual for preserving water sweet at sea, during long voyages, as charring the insides of the casks well before they are filled.

Having a pleasant smell.

a sweet scent

* Longfellow

The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.

Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.

sweet milk

Having a pleasant sound.

a sweet tune

* Nathaniel Hawthorne

a voice sweet , tremulous, but powerful

Having a pleasing disposition.

a sweet child

Having a helpful disposition.

It was sweet of him to help out.

(mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.

sweet soil

sweet crude oil

(informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.

The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.

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(informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated, enamored (followed by with), fond (followed by of).

The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.

(obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.

sweet water

(Francis Bacon)

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.

a sweet''' face; a '''sweet colour or complexion

* Milton

Sweet interchange / Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.

Synonyms

* (having a taste of sugar) saccharine, sugary * (containing a sweetening ingredient) sugared, sweetened * (not having a salty taste) fresh, unsalty * (having a pleasant smell) fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling * fresh, unfermented, wholesome * (having a pleasant sound) dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant * (having a pleasing disposition) cute, lovable, pleasant * (having a helpful disposition) kind, gracious, helpful, sensitive, thoughtful * rad, awesome, wicked

Antonyms

* (having a pleasant taste) bitter, sour, salty * (containing a sweetening ingredient) nonsweet, sugarless, unsugared, unsweetened, unsweet * dry * decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, stale * (not having a salty taste) salty, savoury * (free from excessive unwanted substances) sour * lame, uncool

Derived terms

* bittersweet * boiled sweet * flower-sweet * honey-sweet * meadowsweet * semisweet * short and sweet * sickeningly sweet * sickly sweet/sickly-sweet * sugar-sweet * sweet action * (sweet alison) * (sweet almond) * (sweet alyssum) * sweet and sour * sweet as * sweet as a nut * sweet as pie * sweet ball * (sweet balm) * sweet basil * sweet bay * (sweet bells) * sweet birch * sweet bread * sweetbread * sweet-breasted * (sweetbriar) * (sweet calabash) * (sweet cassava) * sweet cheeks * sweet cherry * sweet chocolate * (sweet cicely) * sweet cider * (sweet clover) * (sweet coltsfoot) * sweet corn/sweet-corn/sweetcorn * sweet cream * sweet cup * sweet dreams * (sweet elder) * sweeten * sweetener * sweet FA * (sweet fern) * sweet flag * (vern, sweet four o'clock) * sweet gale * (sweet goldenrod) * sweet grass * sweet gum tree * sweet hereafter * sweet iron * sweetish * sweetkin * sweet leaf * sweet lemon * (sweet lime) * sweetly * (sweet marjoram) * sweet Mary * sweetmeat * (sweet melon) * sweetness * sweet nothings * sweet oil * sweet on * sweet orange * sweet pea * sweet pepper * sweet pickle * sweet potato * (sweet rocket) * sweet roll * sweetroot * sweets * sweet scabious * sweet science * (sweet shrub) * sweet sixteen * Sweet Sixteen * sweet-smelling * sweet-sop * (sweet sorghum) * sweet spot * (sweet sultan) * sweet-talk * sweet talker * sweet tooth * (sweet unicorn plant) * sweet vermouth * (sweet vetch) * (sweet violet) * sweet water * (sweet wattle) * sweet william/Sweet William * sweet woodruff * sweety * sweet young thing * unsweet * (winter sweet)

Usage notes

* Also used as a positive response to good news or information: They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet !

Adverb

(en adverb)

In a sweet manner.

(Shakespeare)

Synonyms

* (in a sweet manner) sweetly

Noun

(uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

(countable, British) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

(countable, British) A food eaten for dessert.

Can we see the sweet menu, please?

sweetheart; darling

* Ben Jonson

Wherefore frowns my sweet ?

(obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.

* Milton

a wilderness of sweets

(obsolete) That which is pleasing or welcome to the mind.

the sweets of domestic life

Synonyms

* (sweet taste sensation) See sweetness * (food that is high in sugar content) bonbon, candy (US), confection, confectionery, lolly (Australia) * (food eaten for dessert) See dessert