gambling house vs edifice

gambling house and edifice both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gambling house	Yes	No	No	No
edifice	Yes	No	No	No

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

gambling house: a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
edifice: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

Other hypernyms of gambling house include building, business establishment, place of business.

gambling house (noun)	edifice (noun)
a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)	a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place