religious person vs novitiate

novitiate vs religious person

religious person and novitiate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
religious person	Yes	No	No	No
novitiate	Yes	No	No	No

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

religious person: a person who manifests devotion to a deity
novitiate: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

Other hyponyms of religious person include religionist, Christian, non-Catholic, Moslem, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindoo, Hindu, abstainer, ascetic, agnostic, anointer, believer, worshiper, worshipper, celibate, church member, churchgoer, coreligionist, Mandaean, Mandean, missionary, missioner, Moonie, oblate, Ebionite, Nazarene, novice, pagan, Parsee, Parsi, penitent, prayer, supplicant, prophet, religious, religious leader, Sabbatarian, sacrificer, tritheist.

religious person (noun)	novitiate (noun)
a person who manifests devotion to a deity	someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
	the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)

Difference between religious person and novitiate

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