cordage vs quantity

cordage and quantity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cordage	Yes	No	No	No
quantity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, quantity is a hypernym of cordage; that is, quantity is a word with a broader meaning than cordage:

cordage: the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
quantity: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

Other hypernyms of cordage include amount, measure.

cordage (noun)	quantity (noun)
the ropes in the rigging of a ship	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords	an adequate or large amount
	the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable