mackinaw vs boat

mackinaw and boat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mackinaw	Yes	No	No	No
boat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, boat is a hypernym of mackinaw; that is, boat is a word with a broader meaning than mackinaw:

mackinaw (noun)	boat (noun)
a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design	a small vessel for travel on water
a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes	a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States
a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material

mackinaw (verb)	boat (verb)
	ride in a boat on water