student residence vs edifice

student residence and edifice both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
student residence	Yes	No	No	No
edifice	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of student residence include building, living quarters, quarters.

student residence (noun)	edifice (noun)
a college or university building containing living quarters for students	a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place