popcorn ball vs confect

popcorn ball and confect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
popcorn ball	Yes	No	No	No
confect	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

popcorn ball: popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of popcorn ball include candy.

popcorn ball (noun)	confect (noun)
popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

popcorn ball (verb)	confect (verb)
	make into a confection
	make or construct