movie house vs theater

movie house and theater both are nouns.

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

As nouns, theater is a hypernym of movie house; that is, theater is a word with a broader meaning than movie house:

movie house: a theater where films are shown
theater: a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

Other hypernyms of movie house include house, theatre.

movie house (noun)	theater (noun)
a theater where films are shown	a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
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