grosgrain vs fabric

grosgrain and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

grosgrain: a silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of grosgrain include cloth, material, textile.

grosgrain (noun)	fabric (noun)
a silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure