macumba vs religious cult

macumba and religious cult both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
macumba	Yes	No	No	No
religious cult	Yes	No	No	No

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

macumba: a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing and chanting and dancing
religious cult: a system of religious beliefs and rituals

Other hypernyms of macumba include cult, cultus.

macumba (noun)	religious cult (noun)
a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing and chanting and dancing	a system of religious beliefs and rituals
popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
(Brazil) followers of a religious cult of African origin