plaid vs fabric

plaid and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

plaid: a cloth having a crisscross design
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of plaid include cloth, material, textile.

plaid (noun)	fabric (noun)
a cloth having a crisscross design	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure