monk's cloth vs cloth

monk's cloth and cloth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
monk's cloth	Yes	No	No	No
cloth	Yes	No	No	No

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

monk's cloth: a heavy cloth in basket weave
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of monk's cloth include fabric, material, textile.

monk's cloth (noun)	cloth (noun)
a heavy cloth in basket weave	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers