lisle vs cloth

lisle and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

lisle: a fabric woven with lisle thread
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of lisle include fabric, material, textile.

lisle (noun)	cloth (noun)
a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
a fabric woven with lisle thread