nankeen vs fabric

nankeen and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

nankeen: a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of nankeen include cloth, material, textile.

nankeen (noun)	fabric (noun)
a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure