golf club vs gild

golf club and gild both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
golf club	Yes	No	No	No
gild	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, gild is a hypernym of golf club; that is, gild is a word with a broader meaning than golf club:

Other hypernyms of golf club include club, guild, lodge, order, social club, society.

golf club (noun)	gild (noun)
golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball	a formal association of people with similar interests
a club of people to play golf

golf club (verb)	gild (verb)
	decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold