sweet vs dainty

dainty vs sweet

sweet and dainty both are nouns.

sweet and dainty both are adjectives.

sweet is an adverb but dainty is not an adverb.

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

As nouns, dainty is a hypernym of sweet; that is, dainty is a word with a broader meaning than sweet:

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

Other hypernyms of sweet include delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat.

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

sweet (adjective)	dainty (adjective)
not containing or composed of salt water	delicately beautiful
(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content	excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar	especially pleasing to the taste
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

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

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