confuse vs mistake

confuse is not a noun while mistake is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confuse	No	No	Yes	No
mistake	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, mistake is a hypernym of confuse; that is, mistake is a word with a broader meaning than confuse:

Other hypernyms of confuse include misidentify.

confuse (noun)	mistake (noun)
	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
	an understanding of something that is not correct
	part of a statement that is not correct

confuse (verb)	mistake (verb)
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred	to make a mistake or be incorrect
mistake one thing for another	identify incorrectly
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
assemble without order or sense
cause to feel embarrassment