confusion vs chaos

confusion and chaos both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confusion	Yes	No	No	No
chaos	Yes	No	No	No

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

confusion (noun)	chaos (noun)
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another	(physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended	the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior	a state of extreme confusion and disorder
a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably