challis vs textile

challis and textile both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
challis	Yes	No	No	No
textile	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, textile is a hypernym of challis; that is, textile is a word with a broader meaning than challis:

challis: a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
textile: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of challis include cloth, fabric, material.

challis (noun)	textile (noun)
a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

challis (adjective)	textile (adjective)
	of or relating to fabrics or fabric making