novitiate vs religious person

novitiate and religious person both are nouns.

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

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

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

novitiate (noun)	religious person (noun)
someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows	a person who manifests devotion to a deity
the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)