panting vs cloth

panting and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

panting: any fabric used to make trousers
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of panting include fabric, material, textile.

panting (noun)	cloth (noun)
breathing heavily (as after exertion)	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
any fabric used to make trousers