rebellion vs resistance

rebellion and resistance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rebellion	Yes	No	No	No
resistance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, resistance is a hypernym of rebellion; that is, resistance is a word with a broader meaning than rebellion:

rebellion (noun)	resistance (noun)
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another	group action in opposition to those in power
refusal to accept some authority or code or convention	the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
	the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
	an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
	the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
	(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
	a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
	any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
	a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
	(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
	the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents