challis vs cloth

challis and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

challis: a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of challis include fabric, material, textile.

challis (noun)	cloth (noun)
a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers