half-cock vs mental confusion

half-cock and mental confusion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
half-cock	Yes	No	No	No
mental confusion	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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

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