fabric vs artifact

fabric and artifact both are nouns.

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

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

fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole

Other hypernyms of fabric include artefact.

fabric (noun)	artifact (noun)
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers	a man-made object taken as a whole
the underlying structure