movie theater vs cinema

movie theater and cinema both are nouns.

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

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

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

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