chenille vs fabric

chenille and fabric both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chenille	Yes	No	No	No
fabric	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fabric is a hypernym of chenille; that is, fabric is a word with a broader meaning than chenille:

chenille: a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of chenille include cloth, material, textile.

chenille (noun)	fabric (noun)
a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
a soft tufted cord used in embroidery	the underlying structure