denier vs unit of measurement

denier and unit of measurement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
denier	Yes	No	No	No
unit of measurement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, unit of measurement is a hypernym of denier; that is, unit of measurement is a word with a broader meaning than denier:

denier: a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon
unit of measurement: any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

Other hypernyms of denier include unit.

denier (noun)	unit of measurement (noun)
any of various former European coins of different denominations	any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon
one who denies