ticking vs cloth

ticking and cloth both are nouns.

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

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

ticking: a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
cloth: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Other hypernyms of ticking include fabric, material, textile.

ticking (noun)	cloth (noun)
a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
a metallic tapping sound