samite vs fabric

samite and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

samite: a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of samite include cloth, material, textile.

samite (noun)	fabric (noun)
a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure