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Toffee vs Candy - What's the difference?

toffee | candy |

As nouns the difference between toffee and candy

is that toffee is a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard while candy is edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.

As a verb candy is

to cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.

As a proper noun Candy is

a pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.

toffee

English

(wikipedia toffee)

Alternative forms

* taffy (mostly US ) * toffy

Noun

  • (uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
  • (countable) a small, individual piece of toffee
    • a box of toffees

    Derived terms

    * bonfire toffee * cinder toffee * English toffee * for toffee * honeycomb toffee * maple toffee * sponge toffee * toffee apple * toffee-brown * toffee-colored, toffee-coloured * toffee hammer * toffee-nose * toffee-nosed * toffee paper

    See also

    * butterscotch * caramel * fudge

    Anagrams

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    candy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sucre candi ("candy sugar"), from (etyl) .

    Noun

  • (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.
  • *
  • (countable, chiefly, US) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
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    • 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 candy

    Verb

  • (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
  • To have sugar crystals form in or on.
    • Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
  • To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * candee

    Noun

    (candy)
  • (obsolete) a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
    • Synonyms
    * maunee

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