abbey vs church

abbey and church both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abbey	Yes	No	No	No
church	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, church is a hypernym of abbey; that is, church is a word with a broader meaning than abbey:

Other hypernyms of abbey include church building.

abbey (noun)	church (noun)
a monastery ruled by an abbot	a service conducted in a house of worship
a convent ruled by an abbess	a place for public (especially Christian) worship
a church associated with a monastery or convent	one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
	the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church

abbey (verb)	church (verb)
	perform a special church rite or service for