noviciate vs novitiate

noviciate and novitiate both are nouns.

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

As nouns, noviciate and novitiate are synonyms defined as:

noviciate and novitiate: the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)

noviciate (noun)	novitiate (noun)
the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)	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)