bathing machine vs edifice

bathing machine and edifice both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bathing machine	Yes	No	No	No
edifice	Yes	No	No	No

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

bathing machine: a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
edifice: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

Other hypernyms of bathing machine include building.

bathing machine (noun)	edifice (noun)
a building containing dressing rooms for bathers	a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place