cerecloth vs fabric

cerecloth and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

cerecloth: a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of cerecloth include cloth, material, textile.

cerecloth (noun)	fabric (noun)
a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure