religious belief vs cult

cult vs religious belief

religious belief and cult both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
religious belief	Yes	No	No	No
cult	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cult is a hyponym of religious belief; that is, cult is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than religious belief:

religious belief: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
cult: a system of religious beliefs and rituals

Other hyponyms of religious belief include apophatism, cataphatism, analogy, doctrine of analogy, cultus, religious cult, ecclesiasticism, mysticism, religious mysticism, nature worship, revealed religion, theism, heathenism, pagan religion, paganism, Christian religion, Christianity, 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.

religious belief (noun)	cult (noun)
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny	a system of religious beliefs and rituals
	an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
	a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false
	followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices
	followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader

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