genius loci vs atmosphere

genius loci and atmosphere both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
genius loci	Yes	No	No	No
atmosphere	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, atmosphere is a hypernym of genius loci; that is, atmosphere is a word with a broader meaning than genius loci:

Other hypernyms of genius loci include ambiance, ambience.

genius loci (noun)	atmosphere (noun)
the guardian spirit of a place	a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
the special atmosphere of a place	the mass of air surrounding the Earth
	the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
	a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
	the weather or climate at some place
	a particular environment or surrounding influence