flannelette vs fabric

flannelette and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

flannelette: a cotton fabric imitating flannel
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of flannelette include cloth, material, textile.

flannelette (noun)	fabric (noun)
a cotton fabric imitating flannel	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure