shantung vs fabric

shantung and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

shantung: a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of shantung include cloth, material, textile.

shantung (noun)	fabric (noun)
a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure