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sweetening vs sugar

sugar vs sweetening

sweetening and sugar both are nouns.

sweetening is not a verb while sugar is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sweetening Yes No No No
sugar Yes No Yes No
As nouns, sugar is a hyponym of sweetening; that is, sugar is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sweetening:
  • sweetening: something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
  • sugar: a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
Other hyponyms of sweetening include aspartame, honey, saccharin, refined sugar, sirup, syrup, cyclamate.
sweetening (noun) 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 informal terms for money
something added to foods to make them taste sweeter an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
sweetening (verb) sugar (verb)
sweeten with sugar
Difference between sweetening and sugar

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