gift shop vs shop

gift shop and shop both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gift shop	Yes	No	No	No
shop	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, shop is a hypernym of gift shop; that is, shop is a word with a broader meaning than gift shop:

Other hypernyms of gift shop include store.

gift shop (noun)	shop (noun)
a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts	a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)
	a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
	small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

gift shop (verb)	shop (verb)
	give away information about somebody
	do one's shopping
	shop around; not necessarily buying
	do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of