nonconformance vs heresy

nonconformance and heresy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nonconformance	Yes	No	No	No
heresy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, heresy is a hypernym of nonconformance; that is, heresy is a word with a broader meaning than nonconformance:

nonconformance: a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
heresy: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

Other hypernyms of nonconformance include heterodoxy, unorthodoxy.

nonconformance (noun)	heresy (noun)
failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior	a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs	any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position