truffle vs candy

truffle and candy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
truffle	Yes	No	No	No
candy	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, candy is a hypernym of truffle; that is, candy is a word with a broader meaning than truffle:

truffle: creamy chocolate candy
candy: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Other hypernyms of truffle include confect.

truffle (noun)	candy (noun)
edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
creamy chocolate candy
any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe

truffle (verb)	candy (verb)
	coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze