novice vs religious person

novice and religious person both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
novice	Yes	No	No	No
religious person	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, religious person is a hypernym of novice; that is, religious person is a word with a broader meaning than novice:

novice: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
religious person: a person who manifests devotion to a deity

novice (noun)	religious person (noun)
someone new to a field or activity	a person who manifests devotion to a deity
someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows