different between honey vs sweety
honey
English
Alternative forms
- hunny
Etymology
From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huni?, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunag? (compare West Frisian hunich, German Honig), from earlier *hunang? (compare Swedish honung), from Proto-Indo-European *kn?h?onk-o-s, from *kn?h?ónks. Cognate with Middle Welsh canecon (“gold”), Latin canicae pl (“bran”), Tocharian B kronk?e (“bee”), Albanian qengjë (“beehive”), Ancient Greek ?????? (knêkos, “safflower”), Northern Kurdish ?an (“beehive”), Northern Luri ????? (gonj, “Bee”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?ni/
- Rhymes: -?ni
- Hyphenation: hon?ey
Noun
honey (usually uncountable, plural honeys)
- (uncountable) A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.
- (countable) A variety of this substance.
- (rare) Nectar.
- (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3, lines 91–93:
- O my love, my wife! / Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath / Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3, lines 91–93:
- A term of affection.
- (countable, informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
- A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
Synonyms
- (sweet fluid from bees): mel
- (term of affection): darling, sweetie, see also Thesaurus:sweetheart
Hypernyms
- food
Hyponyms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: oni
Translations
Adjective
honey (not comparable)
- Involving or resembling honey.
- 1599 William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 1, scene 2:
- So work the honey-bees, / Creatures that by a rule in nature teach / The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
- 1599 William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 1, scene 2:
- Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like most types of honey.
Translations
Verb
honey (third-person singular simple present honeys, present participle honeying, simple past and past participle honeyed)
- (transitive) To sweeten; to make agreeable.
- (intransitive) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
- (intransitive) To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- Appendix:Colors
honey From the web:
- what honey
- what honey is good for
- what honeywell thermostat do i have
- what honey is best for you
- what honey is good for your face
- what honey is good for you
- what honey does starbucks use
sweety
English
Etymology
sweet +? -y
Noun
sweety (plural sweeties)
- Alternative spelling of sweetie
- 1976, Henry A. Hawken, Trumpets of Glory, p158
- Ses I, "My sweety, see how I'll fetch you down in less than no time."
- 1998, Jed Diamond, Male Menopause, Sourcebooks, p269
- "Yes, dear," he tells her. "You're right, dear. Of course, honey. I'll take care of everything, sweety."
- 2003, James Riordan, The Cello, Oxford University Press, p54
- 'He's my sweety pie, my darling man, my honey pot. ...
- 1976, Henry A. Hawken, Trumpets of Glory, p158
sweety From the web:
- what sweetie
- what sweetie means
- what sweetie pies are still open
- what saweetie real name
- sweetyhigh
- what sweety means in arabic
- sweety what does it mean
- what are you doing now sweetie
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- honey vs sweety
- sweety vs top
- sweety vs swity
- sweety vs sweets
- sweety vs sweeny
- honny vs sweetheart
- fixing vs mending
- mend vs mending
- mending vs repair
- mending vs repairing
- mending vs lending
- sending vs mending
- minding vs mending
- mending vs manding
- mending vs menuing
- mending vs rending
- fixing vs locking
- locking vs engaging
- lacking vs locking
- locking vs cocking