friedcake vs sinker

friedcake and sinker both are nouns.

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

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

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

friedcake (noun)	sinker (noun)
small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat	a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
	a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
	a small ring-shaped friedcake