scrim vs cloth

scrim and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

scrim: a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of scrim include fabric, material, textile.

scrim (noun)	cloth (noun)
a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers