shawl vs serape

shawl and serape both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shawl	Yes	No	No	No
serape	Yes	No	No	No

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

shawl: cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders
serape: a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men

Other hyponyms of shawl include prayer shawl, tallis, tallith, sarape.

shawl (noun)	serape (noun)
cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders	a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men