gaming house vs edifice

gaming house and edifice both are nouns.

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

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

gaming 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 gaming house include building, business establishment, place of business.

gaming 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