moire vs fabric

moire and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

moire: silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of moire include cloth, material, textile.

moire (noun)	fabric (noun)
silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure

moire (adjective)	fabric (adjective)
(of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern