edification vs enlightenment

edification and enlightenment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
edification	Yes	No	No	No
enlightenment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, enlightenment is a hypernym of edification; that is, enlightenment is a word with a broader meaning than edification:

edification: uplifting enlightenment
enlightenment: education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

edification (noun)	enlightenment (noun)
uplifting enlightenment	education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
	(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness