brandyball vs confect

brandyball and confect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brandyball	Yes	No	No	No
confect	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

brandyball: a British candy flavored with brandy
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of brandyball include candy.

brandyball (noun)	confect (noun)
a British candy flavored with brandy	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

brandyball (verb)	confect (verb)
	make into a confection
	make or construct