cotton vs material

material vs cotton

cotton and material both are nouns.

cotton is not an adjective while material is an adjective.

cotton is a verb but material is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cotton	Yes	No	Yes	No
material	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, material is a hypernym of cotton; that is, material is a word with a broader meaning than cotton:

cotton: fabric woven from cotton fibers
material: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of cotton include cloth, fabric, textile.

cotton (noun)	material (noun)
fabric woven from cotton fibers	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
thread made of cotton fibers	things needed for doing or making something
erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers	information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state	a person judged suitable for admission or employment
	the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

cotton (adjective)	material (adjective)
	derived from or composed of matter
	directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
	having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
	having material or physical form or substance
	concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
	concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

cotton (verb)	material (verb)
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