candied fruit vs confiture

candied fruit and confiture both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
candied fruit	Yes	No	No	No
confiture	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, confiture is a hypernym of candied fruit; that is, confiture is a word with a broader meaning than candied fruit:

candied fruit: fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals
confiture: preserved or candied fruit

candied fruit (noun)	confiture (noun)
fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals	preserved or candied fruit