spun sugar vs confect

spun sugar and confect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spun sugar	Yes	No	No	No
confect	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

spun sugar: a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of spun sugar include candy.

spun sugar (noun)	confect (noun)
a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

spun sugar (verb)	confect (verb)
	make into a confection
	make or construct