confabulate vs manufacture

confabulate is not a noun while manufacture is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confabulate	No	No	Yes	No
manufacture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, manufacture is a hypernym of confabulate; that is, manufacture is a word with a broader meaning than confabulate:

Other hypernyms of confabulate include cook up, fabricate, invent, make up.

confabulate (noun)	manufacture (noun)
	the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
	the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

confabulate (verb)	manufacture (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information	put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
have a conference in order to talk something over	concoct something artificial or untrue
unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory	create or produce in a mechanical way
	produce naturally