damask vs fabric

damask and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

damask: a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of damask include cloth, material, textile.

damask (noun)	fabric (noun)
a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern	the underlying structure

damask (adjective)	fabric (adjective)
having a woven pattern