lollipop vs confect

lollipop and confect both are nouns.

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

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

lollipop: hard candy on a stick
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of lollipop include candy.

lollipop (noun)	confect (noun)
hard candy on a stick	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick

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