cloth vs muslin

cloth

noun
  • A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. 

  • A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status. 

  • Substance or essence; the whole of something complex. 

  • Priesthood, clergy. 

  • Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards. 

  • A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose. 

  • Appearance; seeming. 

muslin

noun
  • Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments. 

  • Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth. 

  • A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting. 

  • Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica. 

  • Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven. 

  • Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin. 

  • Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen. 

How often have the words cloth and muslin occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )