religion vs Christianity

Christianity vs religion

religion and Christianity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
religion	Yes	No	No	No
Christianity	Yes	No	No	No

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

religion: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
Christianity: a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior

Other hyponyms of religion include apophatism, cataphatism, analogy, doctrine of analogy, cult, cultus, religious cult, cult, ecclesiasticism, mysticism, religious mysticism, nature worship, revealed religion, theism, heathenism, pagan religion, paganism, Christian religion, Unitarianism, Hindooism, Hinduism, Brahmanism, Brahminism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Hsuan Chiao, Taoism, Shinto, Shintoism, Manichaeanism, Manichaeism, Mithraicism, Mithraism, Mazdaism, Zoroastrianism, Bahaism, Asian shamanism, shamanism, shamanism, Wicca, Saivism.

religion (noun)	Christianity (noun)
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny	a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
an institution to express belief in a divine power	the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)

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