flake vs fruitcake

flake and fruitcake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flake	Yes	No	Yes	No
fruitcake	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of flake include crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, screwball, nutter, wacko, whacko.

flake (noun)	fruitcake (noun)
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole	a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on
a person with an unusual or odd personality	a whimsically eccentric person
a crystal of snow

flake (verb)	fruitcake (verb)
come off in flakes or thin small pieces
cover with flakes or as if with flakes
form into flakes