movie theater vs picture palace

movie theater and picture palace both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
movie theater	Yes	No	No	No
picture palace	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, movie theater and picture palace are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of movie theater include cinema, movie house, movie theatre.

movie theater (noun)	picture palace (noun)
a theater where films are shown	a theater where films are shown