cheesecloth vs veiling

cheesecloth and veiling both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cheesecloth	Yes	No	No	No
veiling	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, veiling is a hypernym of cheesecloth; that is, veiling is a word with a broader meaning than cheesecloth:

cheesecloth: a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses
veiling: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave

Other hypernyms of cheesecloth include gauze, netting.

cheesecloth (noun)	veiling (noun)
a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses	a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave