confect vs sucker

sucker vs confect

confect and sucker both are nouns.

confect is a verb but sucker is not a verb.

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

As nouns, sucker is a hyponym of confect; that is, sucker 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
sucker: hard candy on a stick

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, 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)	sucker (noun)
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts	mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
	an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction
	hard candy on a stick
	flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws
	a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
	a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
	a shoot arising from a plant's roots

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

Difference between confect and sucker

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