disproof vs confutation

disproof and confutation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disproof	Yes	No	No	No
confutation	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of disproof include reductio, reductio ad absurdum, counterexample.

disproof (noun)	confutation (noun)
the act of determining that something is false	evidence that refutes conclusively
any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something	the speech act of refuting conclusively