Islamism vs Shiism

Shiism vs Islamism

Islamism and Shiism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Islamism	Yes	No	No	No
Shiism	Yes	No	No	No

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

Islamism: the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran
Shiism: the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

Other hyponyms of Islamism include Mahdism, Salafi movement, Salafism, Wahabism, Wahhabism, Alawism, Ash'arism.

Islamism (noun)	Shiism (noun)
the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran	the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
a fundamentalist Islamic revivalist movement generally characterized by moral conservatism and the literal interpretation of the Koran and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all aspects of life

Difference between Islamism and Shiism

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