linsey-woolsey vs cloth

linsey-woolsey and cloth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
linsey-woolsey	Yes	No	No	No
cloth	Yes	No	No	No

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

linsey-woolsey: a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of linsey-woolsey include fabric, material, textile.

linsey-woolsey (noun)	cloth (noun)
a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers