chiffon vs fabric

chiffon and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

chiffon: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of chiffon include cloth, material, textile.

chiffon (noun)	fabric (noun)
a sheer fabric of silk or rayon	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure