shawl vs tallis

shawl and tallis both are nouns.

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

As nouns, tallis is a hyponym of shawl; that is, tallis 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
tallis: (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer

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

shawl (noun)	tallis (noun)
cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders	(Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer