prayer vs religious text

prayer and religious text both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prayer	Yes	No	No	No
religious text	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of prayer include religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing.

prayer (noun)	religious text (noun)
the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)	writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
earnest or urgent request
a fixed text used in praying
reverent petition to a deity
someone who prays to God