confect vs sugar candy

sugar candy vs confect

confect and sugar candy both are nouns.

confect is a verb but sugar candy is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confect	Yes	No	Yes	No
sugar candy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sugar candy is a hyponym of confect; that is, sugar candy 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
sugar candy: made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens

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

confect (noun)	sugar candy (noun)
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts	made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens

confect (verb)	sugar candy (verb)
make into a confection
make or construct

Difference between confect and sugar candy

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