brig vs penal facility

brig and penal facility both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brig	Yes	No	No	No
penal facility	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, penal facility is a hypernym of brig; that is, penal facility is a word with a broader meaning than brig:

brig: a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
penal facility: an institution where persons are confined as punishment and to protect the public

Other hypernyms of brig include penal institution.

brig (noun)	penal facility (noun)
a penal institution (especially on board a ship)	an institution where persons are confined as punishment and to protect the public
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts