distaff vs orbit

distaff and orbit both are nouns.

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

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

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

distaff (noun)	orbit (noun)
the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning	an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
the sphere of work by women	the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
	the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
	the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
	a particular environment or walk of life

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

distaff (verb)	orbit (verb)
	move in an orbit