brake lining vs lining

brake lining and lining both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brake lining	Yes	No	No	No
lining	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lining is a hypernym of brake lining; that is, lining is a word with a broader meaning than brake lining:

brake lining: the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum
lining: a protective covering that protects an inside surface

Other hypernyms of brake lining include liner.

brake lining (noun)	lining (noun)
the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum	the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)
	providing something with a surface of a different material
	a protective covering that protects an inside surface
	a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment