deviationism vs desertion

deviationism and desertion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deviationism	Yes	No	No	No
desertion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, desertion is a hypernym of deviationism; that is, desertion is a word with a broader meaning than deviationism:

deviationism: ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
desertion: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

Other hypernyms of deviationism include abandonment, defection.

deviationism (noun)	desertion (noun)
ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)	withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
	the act of giving something up