toffee vs confect

toffee and confect both are nouns.

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

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

toffee: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
confect: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of toffee include candy.

toffee (noun)	confect (noun)
caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

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