abattoir vs edifice

abattoir and edifice both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abattoir	Yes	No	No	No
edifice	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, edifice is a hypernym of abattoir; that is, edifice is a word with a broader meaning than abattoir:

abattoir: a building where animals are butchered
edifice: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

Other hypernyms of abattoir include building.

abattoir (noun)	edifice (noun)
a building where animals are butchered	a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place