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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A shop selling confectionery, especially one that sells predominantly confectionery..
Likewise, when I go into my local sweetshop to buy a chocolate bar, the shopkeeper doesn't look me up and down, notice I'm a bit overweight, and suggest I pop round to the greengrocers next door and buy an apple instead.
Use sweet shop when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sweet shop means A shop selling confectionery, especially one that sells predominantly confectionery..
Common synonyms include candy shop, candy store.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Likewise, when I go into my local sweetshop to buy a chocolate bar, the shopkeeper doesn't look me up and down, notice I'm a bit overweight, and suggest I pop round to the greengrocers next door and buy an apple instead.
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