dame vs woman

dame and woman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dame	Yes	No	No	No
woman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, woman is a hypernym of dame; that is, woman is a word with a broader meaning than dame:

Other hypernyms of dame include adult female.

dame (noun)	woman (noun)
informal terms for a (young) woman	women as a class
a woman of refinement	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
	a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man