acrylic vs man-made fiber

acrylic and man-made fiber both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acrylic	Yes	No	No	No
man-made fiber	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, man-made fiber is a hypernym of acrylic; that is, man-made fiber is a word with a broader meaning than acrylic:

acrylic: polymerized from acrylonitrile
man-made fiber: fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes

Other hypernyms of acrylic include synthetic fiber.

acrylic (noun)	man-made fiber (noun)
a synthetic fabric made from polyacrylonitrile	fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes
used especially by artists
a glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives
polymerized from acrylonitrile