Easter egg vs confect

Easter egg and confect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Easter egg	Yes	No	No	No
confect	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, confect is a hypernym of Easter egg; that is, confect is a word with a broader meaning than Easter egg:

Easter egg: an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of Easter egg include candy.

Easter egg (noun)	confect (noun)
a colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter

Easter egg (verb)	confect (verb)
	make into a confection
	make or construct