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Confections

[kuh n-fek-shuh n]

noun

1.  a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.

2. the process of compounding, preparing, or making something.

3.  a frivolous, amusing, or contrived play, book, or other artistic           orliterary work.

4.  something made up or confected; a concoction:

     He said the charges were a confection of the local police.

5.  something as a garment or decorative object, that is very                 delicate, elaborate or luxurious and usually nonutilitraian.            

6. Pharmacology. a medicated preparation made with the aid of 

     sugar,honey, syrup, or the like.

verb (used with object)

7.  Archaic. to prepare as a confection.

Confoxtions

[kuh n-foks-shuh ns]

noun

1.  a sweet preparation of batter or the like, as a cake, cookie,               brownie, tart etc... made near the confluence of the Illinois               River and Fox River in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

2. the process of fullfilling a sweet tooth.

verb (used with object)

7.  Archaic. to prepare as a confection.

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