horehound vs confect

horehound and confect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
horehound	Yes	No	No	No
confect	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, confect is a hypernym of horehound; that is, confect is a word with a broader meaning than horehound:

horehound: a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of horehound include candy.

horehound (noun)	confect (noun)
a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium

horehound (verb)	confect (verb)
	make into a confection
	make or construct