monk's cloth vs fabric

monk's cloth and fabric both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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