residence hall vs building

residence hall and building both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
residence hall	Yes	No	No	No
building	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, building is a hypernym of residence hall; that is, building is a word with a broader meaning than residence hall:

residence hall: a college or university building containing living quarters for students
building: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

Other hypernyms of residence hall include edifice, living quarters, quarters.

residence hall (noun)	building (noun)
a college or university building containing living quarters for students	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