dainty vs sweet

sweet vs dainty

dainty and sweet both are nouns.

dainty and sweet both are adjectives.

dainty is not an adverb while sweet is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dainty	Yes	Yes	No	No
sweet	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

As nouns, sweet is a hyponym of dainty; that is, sweet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dainty:

dainty: something considered choice to eat
sweet: a food rich in sugar

Other hyponyms of dainty include choice morsel, tidbit, titbit, savory, savoury, confection, ambrosia, nectar, gelatin, jelly, bone marrow, marrow.

dainty (noun)	sweet (noun)
something considered choice to eat	the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
	the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
	a food rich in sugar
	a dish served as the last course of a meal

dainty (adjective)	sweet (adjective)
delicately beautiful	not containing or composed of salt water
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted	(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
especially pleasing to the taste	having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
	having a natural fragrance
	having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
	pleasing to the ear
	with sweetening added
	not soured or preserved
	pleasing to the mind or feeling
	pleasing to the senses

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

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