canopy vs cloth

canopy and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

canopy: the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of canopy include fabric, material, textile.

canopy (noun)	cloth (noun)
a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit

canopy (verb)	cloth (verb)
cover with a canopy