nut bar vs confect

nut bar and confect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nut bar	Yes	No	No	No
confect	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

nut bar: paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of nut bar include candy.

nut bar (noun)	confect (noun)
paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

nut bar (verb)	confect (verb)
	make into a confection
	make or construct