Gothic vs style of architecture

style of architecture vs Gothic

Gothic and style of architecture both are nouns.

Gothic is an adjective but style of architecture is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Gothic	Yes	Yes	No	No
style of architecture	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, style of architecture is a hypernym of Gothic; that is, style of architecture is a word with a broader meaning than Gothic:

Gothic: a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
style of architecture: architecture as a kind of art form

Other hypernyms of Gothic include architectural style, type of architecture.

Gothic (noun)	style of architecture (noun)
a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches	architecture as a kind of art form
extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries

Gothic (adjective)	style of architecture (adjective)
of or relating to the Goths
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

Difference between Gothic and style of architecture

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