Sweet (disambiguation)
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Sweet is the basic taste sensation of sweetness
, associated with sugars.
Sweet may also refer to:
Sweetness
Sweetness is one of the five basic tastes and is almost universally regarded as a pleasurable experience. Foods rich in simple carbohydrates such as sugar are those most commonly associated with sweetness, although there are other natural and artificial compounds that are sweet at much lower...
, associated with sugars.
Sweet may also refer to:
- A sweet, an item of confectioneryConfectioneryConfectionery is the set of food items that are rich in sugar, any one or type of which is called a confection. Modern usage may include substances rich in artificial sweeteners as well...
- Sweet, the final part of a meal otherwise known as dessertDessertIn cultures around the world, dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food. The word comes from the French language as dessert and this from Old French desservir, "to clear the table" and "to serve." Common Western desserts include cakes, biscuits,...
or puddingPuddingPudding most often refers to a dessert, but it can also be a savory dish.In the United States, pudding characteristically denotes a sweet milk-based dessert similar in consistency to egg-based custards, though it may also refer to other types such as bread and rice pudding.In the United Kingdom and...
Media
- Sweet (band)Sweet (band)Sweet was a British rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as one of the most prominent glam rock acts, with the classic line-up of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker.Sweet was formed in 1968 and achieved their first...
, a 1970s British rock group - Sweet (film)Sweet (film)Sweet is a 2000 short film directed by James Pilkington starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt that is set in Camden, London. The plot is reused in the Mighty Boosh episode, The Nightmare of Milky Joe.-Overview:...
, a 2000 short film directed by James Pilkington and starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt - Sweet, a minor character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Sean "Sweet" Johnson, a character in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Sweet (Ken Mellons album), a 2004 album by Ken Mellons
- Sweet (Chara album)Sweet (Chara album)-Japan Sales Rankings:...
, a 1991 album by Chara
People
- Blanche Sweet (1896–1986), silent film actress
- Chun "Sweet" Jung-Hee (born 1983), electronic sports player
- Dolph SweetDolph SweetDolph Sweet was an American actor, credited with nearly 60 television and film roles as well as several roles in stage productions before his death from cancer in 1985.-Biography:...
(1920–1985), American actor - Elnathan SweetElnathan SweetElnathan Sweet was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1884 to 1887.-Life:...
(1837–1903), NYS Engineer and Surveyor 1884–1887 - Edwin F. SweetEdwin F. SweetEdwin Forrest Sweet was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Sweet was born in Dansville, New York and attended the common schools and Dansville Seminary. He graduated from the literary department of Yale College in 1871, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. After graduation, Sweet...
(1847–1935), U.S. Representative from Michigan - Gary SweetGary SweetGary Sweet is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project , Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers....
(born 1957), Australian film and television actor - Henry Sweet (1845–1912), philologist
- Jessica SweetJessica SweetJessica Sweet is an American pornographic actress.She was cast by Jeff Mullen of All Media Play to star in the title role of the adult series Britney Rears. Sweet's portrayal in the Britney Rears pornographic movies was a commercial success for LFP...
(born 1985), American pornographic actress - Leonard SweetLeonard SweetLeonard I. Sweet is an author, preacher, scholar, and ordained United Methodist clergyman currently serving as the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Drew Theological School, in Madison, New Jersey; and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at George Fox University in Portland, Oregon...
(born 1961), author, preacher, scholar, and ordained United Methodist clergyman - Matthew SweetMatthew SweetSidney Matthew Sweet is an American alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s...
(born 1964), alternative rock musician - Michael SweetMichael SweetMichael Sweet is a singer from Whittier, California, United States. Sweet is best known as co-founder, writer and frontman of the Christian glam metal band Stryper. He was also one of the two lead vocalists and one of three guitarists for Boston until August 2011.-Youth:He began his musical career...
(born 1963), vocalist for the Christian metal band Stryper - Ossian SweetOssian SweetOssian Sweet was an American physician. He is most notable for his self defense in 1925 of his newly-purchased home in a predominantly white neighborhood against a mob attempting to force him out of the neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, and the subsequent acquittal by an all-white jury of murder...
(1895–1960), American physician - Rachel SweetRachel SweetRachel Sweet is an American singer, television writer and actress.-Biography:After beginning her singing career at the age of three, when she won an electric garage door opener in a singing contest, she began recording commercials at the age of six, toured with Mickey Rooney, and performed in Las...
(born 1962), American singer, writer and actress - Robert Sweet (botanist)Robert Sweet (botanist)Robert Sweet was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist.Born at Cockington near Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner in a series of nurseries. He was associated with nurseries at Stockwell, Fulham...
(1783–1835), English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist - Robert Sweet (musician)Robert Sweet (musician)Robert Lee Sweet is the drummer of the Christian metal band Stryper. He and his brother Michael originally founded the band as Roxx or Roxx Regime. Robert became known as the "Visual Time Keeper" for his wild drumming and captivating drum kits...
(born 1960), drummer of the Christian metal band Stryper - Sylvanus H. SweetSylvanus H. SweetSylvanus Howe Sweet was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1874 to 1875.-Life:...
(1830–1899), NY State Engineer and Surveyor 1874–1875 - Thaddeus C. SweetThaddeus C. SweetThaddeus Campbell Sweet was an American manufacturer and politician from New York. He represented New York's 32nd congressional district from 1923 to 1928.-Biography:...
(1872–1928), NY politician - William SweetWilliam SweetWilliam Sweet is a Canadian philosopher, and a Past-President of the Canadian Philosophical Association. He is currently Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Philosophy, Theology, and Cultural Traditions at St Francis Xavier University...
, Canadian philosopher - William Ellery SweetWilliam Ellery SweetWilliam Ellery Sweet was the 23rd Governor of Colorado from 1923-1925.- Early life and career :William was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 27, 1869 to Channing and Emeroy Sweet. His family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1872 when William was two. He attended school there, and...
(1869–1942), governor of Colorado - William Russell SweetWilliam Russell SweetWilliam Russell Sweet was an early American artist, painter and sculptor.-Biography:William Russell Sweet was known throughout the Narragansett, RI area as ‘The Painter”, because of his prolific art works in watercolor and oil paintings, many wall murals done for the Newport, RI...
(1860–1946), RI artist and sculptor
Other
- Swisher SweetsSwisher SweetsSwisher Sweets are manufactured by Swisher International, Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida. The company began in 1861 when David Swisher received a small cigar business in settlement of a debt. Back then, cigars were only a sideline for Swisher and his four sons, just one of many notions that they...
, a brand of cigar - Sweet (company)Sweet (company)Sweet is an United States travel company founded in January 2008, which markets travel packages and tours to the lesbian community. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sweet's mission is to offer vacations that empower and motivate guests to achieve their personal, professional and philanthropic...
, an United States travel company