calico vs cloth

calico and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

calico: coarse cloth with a bright print
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of calico include fabric, material, textile.

calico (noun)	cloth (noun)
coarse cloth with a bright print	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

calico (adjective)	cloth (adjective)
made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly