A free standing candle usually round and tall like a cylinder, but can be made in other shapes such as square, hexagon, triangle, star, heart, etc. These are made in metal, acrylic or latex molds and are meant to be burned on a flat holder. Taper Taper candles are tall, skinny candles that require a special fitting taper candle holder. They are either made in a mold, or they can be made by the traditional method of dipping a length of wick into hot molten wax. Another method is to roll a sheet of beeswax around a wick, forming a taper.
Tea lights are like small votives used to warm pots of potpourri and to heat foods.
They fit are poured in small metal or plastic tea light cups and are usually sold in packages of 10 or 12. They are designed to be burned in a glass votive cup because they are made to completely liquify when burning, essentially becoming a small container candle. The tighter fitting glass cups work best. The temperature that wax reaches when it combusts and catches fire. These are small horizontal lines that form in the wax as it's being poured into a cold jar.