arras vs hanging

arras and hanging both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arras	Yes	No	No	No
hanging	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hanging is a hypernym of arras; that is, hanging is a word with a broader meaning than arras:

arras: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs
hanging: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

Other hypernyms of arras include wall hanging.

arras (noun)	hanging (noun)
a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs	the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
	a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
	decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window