nougat vs confect

nougat and confect both are nouns.

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

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

nougat: nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of nougat include candy.

nougat (noun)	confect (noun)
nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

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