cinema vs movie theatre

cinema and movie theatre both are nouns.

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

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

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

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