toweling vs fabric

toweling and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

toweling: any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of toweling include cloth, material, textile.

toweling (noun)	fabric (noun)
any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure