goldfield vs territory

goldfield and territory both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
goldfield	Yes	No	No	No
territory	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, territory is a hypernym of goldfield; that is, territory is a word with a broader meaning than goldfield:

Other hypernyms of goldfield include district, dominion, territorial dominion.

goldfield (noun)	territory (noun)
a district where gold is mined	an area of knowledge or interest
	a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
	the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state