strand vs gossamer

strand and gossamer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
strand	Yes	No	Yes	No
gossamer	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of strand include barb, cobweb, chromatid, myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle, rhizoid, hypha, paraphysis.

strand (noun)	gossamer (noun)
a necklace made by stringing objects together	a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable	filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

strand (adjective)	gossamer (adjective)
	characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
	so thin as to transmit light

strand (verb)	gossamer (verb)
bring to the ground
drive (a vessel) ashore
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue