mortuary vs edifice

mortuary and edifice both are nouns.

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

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

mortuary: a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
edifice: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

Other hypernyms of mortuary include building.

mortuary (noun)	edifice (noun)
a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation	a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

mortuary (adjective)	edifice (adjective)
of or relating to a funeral
of or relating to or characteristic of death