novice vs novitiate

novice and novitiate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
novice	Yes	No	No	No
novitiate	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, novice and novitiate are synonyms defined as:

novice and novitiate: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

novice (noun)	novitiate (noun)
someone new to a field or activity	someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows	the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)