friedcake vs beignet

friedcake and beignet both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
friedcake	Yes	No	No	No
beignet	Yes	No	No	No

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

friedcake: small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat
beignet: a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar

Other hyponyms of friedcake include doughboy, donut, doughnut, sinker, cruller, twister, French fritter, fritter.

friedcake (noun)	beignet (noun)
small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat	a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar