patty vs confect

patty and confect both are nouns.

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

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

patty: round flat candy
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of patty include candy.

patty (noun)	confect (noun)
round flat candy	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
small pie or pasty
small flat mass of chopped or ground food

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