Difference between Confectionery and Confectionary

What is the difference between Confectionery and Confectionary?

Confectionery as a noun is foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively. while Confectionary as a noun is a candy, sweetmeat; a confection.

Confectionery

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively. The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner. A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.

Confectionary

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.Prepared as a confection.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory .A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.One who makes confections; a confectioner.Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.

We hope you now know whether to use Confectionery or Confectionary in your sentence.

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