chinchilla vs coating

chinchilla and coating both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chinchilla	Yes	No	No	No
coating	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, coating is a hypernym of chinchilla; that is, coating is a word with a broader meaning than chinchilla:

chinchilla (noun)	coating (noun)
small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur	the work of applying something
a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton	a thin layer covering something
the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla	a heavy fabric suitable for coats
	a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)