priest vs lama

priest and lama both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
priest	Yes	No	No	No
lama	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lama is a hyponym of priest; that is, lama is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than priest:

priest: a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
lama: a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism

Other hyponyms of priest include Druid, flamen, hoodoo, magus, priest-doctor, shaman, votary.

priest (noun)	lama (noun)
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders	a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion