taffeta vs fabric

taffeta and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

taffeta: a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of taffeta include cloth, material, textile.

taffeta (noun)	fabric (noun)
a crisp smooth lustrous fabric	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure