half-cock vs confusedness

half-cock and confusedness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
half-cock	Yes	No	No	No
confusedness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, confusedness is a hypernym of half-cock; that is, confusedness is a word with a broader meaning than half-cock:

half-cock: confusion resulting from lack of preparation
confusedness: a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior

Other hypernyms of half-cock include confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness.

half-cock (noun)	confusedness (noun)
confusion resulting from lack of preparation	a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior