butterscotch vs confect

butterscotch and confect both are nouns.

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

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

butterscotch: a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of butterscotch include candy.

butterscotch (noun)	confect (noun)
a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

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