cotton flannel vs cloth

cotton flannel and cloth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cotton flannel	Yes	No	No	No
cloth	Yes	No	No	No

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

cotton flannel: a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of cotton flannel include fabric, material, textile.

cotton flannel (noun)	cloth (noun)
a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers