nougat bar vs candy

nougat bar and candy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nougat bar	Yes	No	No	No
candy	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

nougat bar: a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate
candy: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of nougat bar include confect.

nougat bar (noun)	candy (noun)
a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

nougat bar (verb)	candy (verb)
	coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze