friedcake vs doughnut

friedcake and doughnut both are nouns.

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

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

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

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