rug vs runner

rug and runner both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rug	Yes	No	No	No
runner	Yes	No	No	No

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

rug: floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
runner: a long narrow carpet

Other hyponyms of rug include broadloom, Brussels carpet, drugget, flying carpet, hearthrug, Kurdistan, nammad, numdah, numdah rug, prayer mat, prayer rug, red carpet, scatter rug, throw rug, shag rug, stair-carpet, Wilton, Wilton carpet.

rug (noun)	runner (noun)
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)	fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
	device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
	a long narrow carpet
	a trained athlete who competes in foot races
	someone who imports or exports without paying duties
	a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
	someone who travels on foot by running
	a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
	(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
	a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

Difference between rug and runner

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