missionary vs religious person

missionary and religious person both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
missionary	Yes	Yes	No	No
religious person	Yes	No	No	No

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

missionary: someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
religious person: a person who manifests devotion to a deity

missionary (noun)	religious person (noun)
someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program	a person who manifests devotion to a deity
someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country

missionary (adjective)	religious person (adjective)
relating to or connected to a religious mission