pelt vs sable

pelt and sable both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pelt	Yes	No	Yes	No
sable	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, sable is a hyponym of pelt; that is, sable is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pelt:

pelt (noun)	sable (noun)
body covering of a living animal	marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal	a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
	an artist's brush made of sable hairs
	a very dark black
	the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

pelt (adjective)	sable (adjective)
	of a dark somewhat brownish black

pelt (verb)	sable (verb)
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
rain heavily