nankeen vs cloth

nankeen and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

nankeen: a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of nankeen include fabric, material, textile.

nankeen (noun)	cloth (noun)
a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers