blanket vs afghan

blanket and afghan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
blanket	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
afghan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, afghan is a hyponym of blanket; that is, afghan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than blanket:

blanket: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
afghan: a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl

Other hyponyms of blanket include electric blanket, mackinaw, Mackinaw blanket, manta, security blanket.

blanket (noun)	afghan (noun)
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed	a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl
a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor	a coat made of sheepskin
anything that covers

blanket (adjective)	afghan (adjective)
broad in scope or content

blanket (verb)	afghan (verb)
cover as if with a blanket
form a blanket-like cover (over)