muslin vs cloth

muslin and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

muslin: plain-woven cotton fabric
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of muslin include fabric, material, textile.

muslin (noun)	cloth (noun)
plain-woven cotton fabric	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers