movie theatre vs cinema

movie theatre and cinema both are nouns.

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

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

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

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