glasshouse vs edifice

glasshouse and edifice both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
glasshouse	Yes	No	No	No
edifice	Yes	No	No	No

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

glasshouse: a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
edifice: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

Other hypernyms of glasshouse include building.

glasshouse (noun)	edifice (noun)
a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions	a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place