fruitcake vs nut

fruitcake and nut both are nouns.

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

As nouns, fruitcake and nut are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of fruitcake include crackpot, crank, nut case, screwball.

fruitcake (noun)	nut (noun)
a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on	a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
a whimsically eccentric person	one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
	someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
	a whimsically eccentric person
	usually large hard-shelled seed
	half the width of an em

fruitcake (verb)	nut (verb)
	gather nuts