different between candlestick vs candid

English

Alternative forms

• canstick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle +? stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”). Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika (“candlestick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kænd?l?st?k/, /?kændl??st?k/

Noun

candlestick (plural candlesticks)

1. A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.

   • Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
2. A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
3. (investing) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.

Synonyms

• candle holder

Coordinate terms

• candelabrum
• candelabra
• chamber candlestick
• menorah

Derived terms

• rub one's face with a brass candlestick

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: kandratiki

Translations

Verb

candlestick (third-person singular simple present candlesticks, present participle candlesticking, simple past and past participle candlesticked)

1. (of a parachute) To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
2. (investing) To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
3. To adorn with candlesticks.
4. To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.

Further reading

• candlestick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Latin candidus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?kæn.d?d/

Adjective

candid (comparative candider, superlative candidest)

1. Impartial and free from prejudice.
   • 21 January 2018, Oli Smith, in The Sunday Express

     Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.»

2. Straightforward, open and sincere.
   • 1871, unknown translator, Jules Verne (original), A Journey To The Center Of The Earth

     My candid opinion was that it was all rubbish!

3. Not posed or rehearsed.
   • 2002, Popular Photography

     Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood?

Synonyms

• frank, open, parrhesiastic, sincere, unreserved

Derived terms

• candid camera

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• candid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• candid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Noun

candid (plural candids)

1. A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

   His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French candide, from Latin candidus.

Adjective

candid m or n (feminine singular candid?, masculine plural candizi, feminine and neuter plural candide)

1. candid

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