screening vs cloth

screening and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

screening: fabric of metal or plastic mesh
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of screening include fabric, material, textile.

screening (noun)	cloth (noun)
the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics
fabric of metal or plastic mesh
the display of a motion picture