gauze vs meshwork

gauze and meshwork both are nouns.

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

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

gauze: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
meshwork: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

Other hypernyms of gauze include mesh, meshing, net, network.

gauze (noun)	meshwork (noun)
a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave	an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings