friedcake vs donut

friedcake and donut both are nouns.

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

As nouns, donut is a hyponym of friedcake; that is, donut 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
donut: a small ring-shaped friedcake

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

friedcake (noun)	donut (noun)
small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat	a small ring-shaped friedcake