matriarch vs woman

matriarch and woman both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of matriarch include head of household, adult female.

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

Other hypernyms of matriarch include adult female.

matriarch (noun)	woman (noun)
a female head of a family or tribe	women as a class
a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)	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