confect vs fondant

fondant vs confect

confect and fondant both are nouns.

confect is a verb but fondant is not a verb.

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

As nouns, fondant is a hyponym of confect; that is, fondant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confect:

confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
fondant: candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste

Other hyponyms of confect include candy bar, carob bar, hard candy, brandyball, patty, bonbon, brittle, toffee, toffy, butterscotch, candy cane, candy corn, caramel, candyfloss, cotton candy, spun sugar, dragee, dragee, fudge, gumdrop, honey crisp, mint, mint candy, horehound, jelly bean, jelly egg, candy kiss, kiss, licorice, liquorice, Life Saver, all-day sucker, lollipop, sucker, lozenge, marshmallow, marchpane, marzipan, nougat, nougat bar, nut bar, peanut bar, popcorn ball, praline, rock candy, rock, rock candy, sugar candy, sugarplum, taffy, chocolate truffle, truffle, Turkish Delight, Easter egg.

confect (noun)	fondant (noun)
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts	candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste

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

Difference between confect and fondant

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