Shaktism vs Hinduism

Hinduism vs Shaktism

Shaktism and Hinduism both are nouns.

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

As nouns, Hinduism is a hypernym of Shaktism; that is, Hinduism is a word with a broader meaning than Shaktism:

Shaktism: worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva
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

Other hypernyms of Shaktism include Hindooism.

Shaktism (noun)	Hinduism (noun)
worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva	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
a Hindu sect worshiping Shakti	the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

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