different between candlestick vs chandler

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

Alternative forms

• candler

Etymology

From Middle English chaundeler, from Old French chandelier, from Latin candelarius (“a candle-maker; a candlestick”), from the Latin candela (“a candle”); compare the English term candle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?ændl?(?)/, /?t???ndl?(?)/

Noun

chandler (plural chandlers)

1. A person who makes or sells candles
2. A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.

Derived terms

• chandlery

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

chandler

1. Alternative form of chaundeler