Hinduism vs Vaishnavism

Vaishnavism vs Hinduism

Hinduism and Vaishnavism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Hinduism	Yes	No	No	No
Vaishnavism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Vaishnavism is a hyponym of Hinduism; that is, Vaishnavism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Hinduism:

Hinduism: a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
Vaishnavism: worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon

Other hyponyms of Hinduism include Darsana, Mimamsa, Vedanta, Krishnaism, Shivaism, Sivaism, Saktism, Shaktism, Vaisnavism, Vishnuism, Vedism.

Hinduism (noun)	Vaishnavism (noun)
a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils	worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon
the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal	Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu

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