mistake vs confound

mistake is a noun but confound is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mistake	Yes	No	Yes	No
confound	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confound is a hyponym of mistake; that is, confound is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mistake:

Other hyponyms of mistake include confuse.

mistake (noun)	confound (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
an understanding of something that is not correct
part of a statement that is not correct

mistake (verb)	confound (verb)
to make a mistake or be incorrect	mistake one thing for another
identify incorrectly	be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly