shantung vs cloth

shantung and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

shantung: a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of shantung include fabric, material, textile.

shantung (noun)	cloth (noun)
a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers