oilcloth vs fabric

oilcloth and fabric both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
oilcloth	Yes	No	No	No
fabric	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fabric is a hypernym of oilcloth; that is, fabric is a word with a broader meaning than oilcloth:

oilcloth: cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin
fabric: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of oilcloth include cloth, material, textile.

oilcloth (noun)	fabric (noun)
cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
	the underlying structure