adherence vs kabbalism

adherence and kabbalism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adherence	Yes	No	No	No
kabbalism	Yes	No	No	No

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

adherence: faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
kabbalism: adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation

Other hyponyms of adherence include ecclesiasticism, cabalism, royalism, traditionalism.

adherence (noun)	kabbalism (noun)
faithful support for a cause or political party or religion	adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition