house of ill repute vs building

house of ill repute and building both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
house of ill repute	Yes	No	No	No
building	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, building is a hypernym of house of ill repute; that is, building is a word with a broader meaning than house of ill repute:

house of ill repute: a building where prostitutes are available
building: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

Other hypernyms of house of ill repute include edifice.

house of ill repute (noun)	building (noun)
a building where prostitutes are available	the act of constructing something
	the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
	a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
	the occupants of a building