yarn vs cotton

yarn and cotton both are nouns.

yarn and cotton both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yarn	Yes	No	Yes	No
cotton	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

yarn: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
cotton: thread made of cotton fibers

Other hyponyms of yarn include dental floss, floss, floss, Lastex, ligature, metallic, nap, pile, purl, suture, tinsel, warp, filling, pick, weft, woof, worsted, worsted yarn, melange yarn, spun silk, carded yarn.

yarn (noun)	cotton (noun)
a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving	fabric woven from cotton fibers
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events	thread made of cotton fibers
	erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
	soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

yarn (verb)	cotton (verb)
tell or spin a yarn	take a liking to

Difference between yarn and cotton

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