gabardine vs fabric

gabardine and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

gabardine: a firm durable fabric with a twill weave
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of gabardine include cloth, material, textile.

gabardine (noun)	fabric (noun)
a firm durable fabric with a twill weave	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles	the underlying structure
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth