apophatism vs religious belief

apophatism and religious belief both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
apophatism	Yes	No	No	No
religious belief	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, religious belief is a hypernym of apophatism; that is, religious belief is a word with a broader meaning than apophatism:

apophatism: the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)
religious belief: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

Other hypernyms of apophatism include faith, religion.

apophatism (noun)	religious belief (noun)
the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)	a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny