velours vs fabric

velours and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

velours: heavy fabric that resembles velvet
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of velours include cloth, material, textile.

velours (noun)	fabric (noun)
heavy fabric that resembles velvet	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure