French fritter vs friedcake

French fritter and friedcake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
French fritter	Yes	No	No	No
friedcake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, friedcake is a hypernym of French fritter; that is, friedcake is a word with a broader meaning than French fritter:

French fritter: a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar
friedcake: small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat

French fritter (noun)	friedcake (noun)
a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar	small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat