cinema vs movie theater

cinema and movie theater both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cinema	Yes	No	No	No
movie theater	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cinema and movie theater are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of cinema include movie house, movie theatre, picture palace.

cinema (noun)	movie theater (noun)
a theater where films are shown	a theater where films are shown
a medium that disseminates moving pictures