hank vs helix

hank and helix both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hank	Yes	No	No	No
helix	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, helix is a hypernym of hank; that is, helix is a word with a broader meaning than hank:

hank: a coil of rope or wool or yarn
helix: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

Other hypernyms of hank include coil, spiral, volute, whorl.

hank (noun)	helix (noun)
a coil of rope or wool or yarn	a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
	a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle