distaff vs domain

distaff and domain both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distaff	Yes	Yes	No	No
domain	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, domain is a hypernym of distaff; that is, domain is a word with a broader meaning than distaff:

Other hypernyms of distaff include area, arena, field, orbit, sphere.

distaff (noun)	domain (noun)
the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning	the content of a particular field of knowledge
the sphere of work by women	people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
	(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
	territory over which rule or control is exercised
	a particular environment or walk of life

distaff (adjective)	domain (adjective)
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman