shepherd vs man of the cloth

shepherd and man of the cloth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shepherd	Yes	No	Yes	No
man of the cloth	Yes	No	No	No

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

shepherd: a clergyman who watches over a group of people
man of the cloth: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

Other hypernyms of shepherd include clergyman, reverend.

shepherd (noun)	man of the cloth (noun)
a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock	a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
a clergyman who watches over a group of people

shepherd (verb)	man of the cloth (verb)
tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils