fraternity vs gild

fraternity and gild both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fraternity	Yes	No	No	No
gild	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, gild is a hypernym of fraternity; that is, gild is a word with a broader meaning than fraternity:

Other hypernyms of fraternity include club, guild, lodge, order, social club, society.

fraternity (noun)	gild (noun)
people engaged in a particular occupation	a formal association of people with similar interests
a social club for male undergraduates

fraternity (verb)	gild (verb)
	decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold