cretonne vs fabric

cretonne and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

cretonne: an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of cretonne include cloth, material, textile.

cretonne (noun)	fabric (noun)
an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure