sponge cloth vs cloth

sponge cloth and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

sponge cloth: any soft porous fabric (especially in a loose honeycomb weave)
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of sponge cloth include fabric, material, textile.

sponge cloth (noun)	cloth (noun)
any soft porous fabric (especially in a loose honeycomb weave)	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers