Honey vs. Nectar

Honeynoun

(uncountable) A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.

Honeynoun

(countable) A variety of this substance.

Honeynoun

(figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.

Honeynoun

A term of affection.

Honeynoun

A woman, especially an attractive one.

Honeynoun

A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.

Honeyadjective

Involving or resembling honey.

Honeyadjective

Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like most types of honey.

Honeyverb

(transitive) To sweeten; to make agreeable.

Honeyverb

(intransitive) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.

Honeyverb

(intransitive) To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.

Honeynoun

A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.

Honeynoun

That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.

Honeynoun

Sweet one; - a term of endearment.

Honeyverb

To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.

Honeyverb

To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.

Honeynoun

a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees

Honeynoun

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

Honeyverb

sweeten with honey

Honeyadjective

having the color of honey

Honeynoun

a sweet, sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers.

Honeynoun

a yellowish-brown or golden colour

Honeynoun

any sweet substance similar to bees' honey.

Honeynoun

an excellent example of something

Honeynoun

an attractive girl

Honeynoun

darling; sweetheart (usually as a form of address)

Honey

Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees and some related insects, such as stingless bees. Bees produce honey from the sugary secretions of plants (floral nectar) or from secretions of other insects (such as honeydew), by regurgitation, enzymatic activity, and water evaporation.

Nectarnoun

The drink of the gods.

Nectarnoun

(by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.

Nectarnoun

(botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.

Nectarverb

(intransitive) To feed on nectar.

Nectarnoun

The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.

Nectarnoun

A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.

Nectarnoun

a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators

Nectarnoun

fruit juice especially when undiluted

Nectarnoun

(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal

Nectar

Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries or nectarines, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide herbivore protection. Common nectar-consuming pollinators include mosquitoes, hoverflies, wasps, bees, butterflies and moths, hummingbirds, honeyeaters and bats.