confect vs praline

praline vs confect

confect and praline both are nouns.

confect is a verb but praline is not a verb.

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

As nouns, praline is a hyponym of confect; that is, praline 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
praline: cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans

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, fondant, 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, rock candy, rock, rock candy, sugar candy, sugarplum, taffy, chocolate truffle, truffle, Turkish Delight, Easter egg.

confect (noun)	praline (noun)
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts	cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans

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

Difference between confect and praline

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