coating vs cloth

coating and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

coating: a heavy fabric suitable for coats
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of coating include fabric, material, textile.

coating (noun)	cloth (noun)
the work of applying something	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
a thin layer covering something
a heavy fabric suitable for coats
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)