half-cock vs muddiness

half-cock and muddiness both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

half-cock (noun)	muddiness (noun)
confusion resulting from lack of preparation	the quality of being cloudy
	a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
	the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water