gabardine vs cloth

gabardine and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

gabardine: a firm durable fabric with a twill weave
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of gabardine include fabric, material, textile.

gabardine (noun)	cloth (noun)
a firm durable fabric with a twill weave	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth