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sweetening vs refined sugar

refined sugar vs sweetening

sweetening and refined sugar both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sweetening Yes No No No
refined sugar Yes No No No
As nouns, refined sugar is a hyponym of sweetening; that is, refined sugar is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sweetening:
  • sweetening: something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
  • refined sugar: a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
Other hyponyms of sweetening include aspartame, honey, saccharin, sugar, sirup, syrup, cyclamate.
sweetening (noun) refined sugar (noun)
the act of adding a sweetener to food a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
an improvement that makes something more agreeable
something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
Difference between sweetening and refined sugar

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