buckram vs cloth

buckram and cloth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
buckram	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
cloth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cloth is a hypernym of buckram; that is, cloth is a word with a broader meaning than buckram:

buckram: a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of buckram include fabric, material, textile.

buckram (noun)	cloth (noun)
a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

buckram (adjective)	cloth (adjective)
rigidly formal

buckram (verb)	cloth (verb)
stiffen with or as with buckram