slaughterhouse vs edifice

slaughterhouse and edifice both are nouns.

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

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

slaughterhouse: a building where animals are butchered
edifice: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

Other hypernyms of slaughterhouse include building.

slaughterhouse (noun)	edifice (noun)
a building where animals are butchered	a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place