laundress vs woman

laundress and woman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
laundress	Yes	No	No	No
woman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, woman is a hypernym of laundress; that is, woman is a word with a broader meaning than laundress:

Other hypernyms of laundress include washer, adult female.

laundress (noun)	woman (noun)
a working woman who takes in washing	women as a class
	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
	a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man