Sweet vs. Sweets

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

Example: ‘a sweet apple’;

Having a taste of sugar.

Containing a sweetening ingredient.

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

Example: ‘Sweet wines are better dessert wines.’;

Not having a salty taste.

Example: ‘sweet butter’;

Having a pleasant smell.

Example: ‘a sweet scent’;

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

Example: ‘sweet milk’;

Having a pleasant sound.

Example: ‘a sweet tune’;

Having a pleasing disposition.

Example: ‘a sweet child’;

Having a helpful disposition.

Example: ‘It was sweet of him to help out.’;

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

Example: ‘sweet soil’; ‘sweet crude oil’;

(informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.

Example: ‘The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.’;

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

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

(obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.

Example: ‘sweet water’;

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

Example: ‘a sweet face; a sweet colour or complexion’;

In a sweet manner.

(uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

A food eaten for dessert.

Example: ‘Can we see the sweet menu, please?’;

sweetheart; darling.

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

(obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; - opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

Example: ‘The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.’;

Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.

Example: ‘To make his English sweet upon his tongue.’; ‘A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful.’;

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

Example: ‘Sweet interchangeOf hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.’;

Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.

Example: ‘Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?’; ‘Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working.’;

That which is sweet to the taste; - used chiefly in the plural.

That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

Example: ‘A little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish of the sweet.’;

One who is dear to another; a darling; - a term of endearment.

Sweetly.

To sweeten.

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

a dish served as the last course of a meal

a food rich in sugar

the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

the property of containing sugar

having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)

having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;

Example: ‘an angelic smile’; ‘a cherubic face’; ‘looking so seraphic when he slept’; ‘a sweet disposition’;

pleasing to the ear;

Example: ‘the dulcet tones of the cello’;

one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey

pleasing to the senses;

Example: ‘the sweet song of the lark’; ‘the sweet face of a child’;

pleasing to the mind or feeling;

Example: ‘sweet revenge’;

having a natural fragrance;

Example: ‘odoriferous spices’; ‘the odorous air of the orchard’; ‘the perfumed air of June’; ‘scented flowers’;

(used of wines) having a sweet taste

not soured or preserved;

Example: ‘sweet milk’;

with sweetening added

not having a salty taste;

Example: ‘sweet water’;

in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly');

Example: ‘Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly’; ‘how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank’; ‘talking sweet to each other’;

having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter

Example: ‘a cup of hot sweet tea’;

(of air, water, or food) fresh, pure, and untainted

Example: ‘lungfuls of the clean, sweet air’;

smelling pleasant like flowers or perfume; fragrant

Example: ‘a bunch of sweet-scented flowers’;

pleasing in general; delightful

Example: ‘it was the sweet life he had always craved’;

highly satisfying or gratifying

Example: ‘some sweet, short-lived revenge’;

used in expressions of assent or approval

Example: ‘Yeah, I'd like to come to the party. Sweet!’;

working, moving, or done smoothly or easily

Example: ‘the sweet handling of this motorcycle’;

(of sound) melodious or harmonious

Example: ‘the sweet notes of the flute’;

denoting music, especially jazz, played at a steady tempo without improvisation.

(of a person or action) pleasant and kind or thoughtful

Example: ‘it was sweet of you to come’; ‘a very sweet nurse came along’;

charming and endearing

Example: ‘a sweet little cat’;

infatuated or in love with

Example: ‘she seemed quite sweet on him’;

dear; beloved

Example: ‘my sweet love’;

used as a respectful form of address

Example: ‘go to thy rest, sweet sir’;

used for emphasis in various phrases and exclamations

Example: ‘What had happened? Sweet nothing’;

a small shaped piece of confectionery made with sugar

Example: ‘a bag of sweets’;

a sweet dish forming a course of a meal; a pudding or dessert.

used as an affectionate form of address

Example: ‘hello, my sweet’;

the sweet part or element of something

Example: ‘you have had the bitter, now comes the sweet’;

the pleasures or delights found in something

Example: ‘the sweets of office’;

plural of sweet

Confectionery, candy.

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A term of endearment; sweetheart.

Example: ‘I miss you, sweets.’;