gauze vs cotton

gauze and cotton both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gauze	Yes	No	No	No
cotton	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cotton is a hypernym of gauze; that is, cotton is a word with a broader meaning than gauze:

gauze: (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
cotton: fabric woven from cotton fibers

gauze (noun)	cotton (noun)
a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave	fabric woven from cotton fibers
(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings	thread made of cotton fibers
	erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
	soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

gauze (verb)	cotton (verb)
	take a liking to