tapis vs cloth

tapis and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

tapis: a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of tapis include fabric, material, textile.

tapis (noun)	cloth (noun)
a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers