Stover vs Candy - What's the difference?
stover | candy |
Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
* 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
*:[...] Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,
*:And flat meads thatch'd with stover , them to keep; [...]
Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain
* 2012 , , August 24, p.20
*:Even second-generation in the ground.
(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.
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(countable, chiefly, US) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
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(cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
To have sugar crystals form in or on.
To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
(obsolete) a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
As a noun stover
is fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.As a proper noun candy is
a pet form of the female given name candace or candice.stover
English
(wikipedia stover)Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* * *candy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sucre candi ("candy sugar"), from (etyl) .Noun
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 candyVerb
- Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.