confection vs confect

confection and confect both are nouns.

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

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

confection: a food rich in sugar
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

As verbs, confection and confect are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of confection include comfit.

confection (noun)	confect (noun)
the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
a food rich in sugar

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