portiere vs mantle

portiere and mantle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
portiere	Yes	No	No	No
mantle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, mantle is a hypernym of portiere; that is, mantle is a word with a broader meaning than portiere:

Other hypernyms of portiere include curtain, drape, drapery, pall.

portiere (noun)	mantle (noun)
a heavy curtain hung across a doorway	a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
	hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
	shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
	(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
	the cloak as a symbol of authority
	the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
	anything that covers

portiere (verb)	mantle (verb)
	cover like a mantle
	spread over a surface, like a mantle