tent vs canvas

tent and canvas both are nouns.

tent and canvas both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tent	Yes	No	Yes	No
canvas	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

tent: a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
canvas: a tent made of canvas fabric

Other hyponyms of tent include backpacking tent, pack tent, bell tent, cabana, canvas tent, canvass, cottage tent, fly tent, lean-to tent, mountain tent, marquee, pavilion, pop tent, praetorium, pretorium, pup tent, shelter tent, pyramidal tent, teepee, tepee, tipi, sealskin tent, tupek, tupik, two-man tent, umbrella tent.

tent (noun)	canvas (noun)
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)	a heavy, closely woven fabric
a web that resembles a tent or carpet	the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
	a tent made of canvas fabric
	a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
	an oil painting on canvas fabric
	the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

tent (verb)	canvas (verb)
live in or as if in a tent	cover with canvas

Difference between tent and canvas

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