religious rite vs religious ritual

religious rite and religious ritual both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
religious rite	Yes	No	No	No
religious ritual	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, religious ritual is a hypernym of religious rite; that is, religious ritual is a word with a broader meaning than religious rite:

religious rite: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
religious ritual: a ceremony having religious meaning

Other hypernyms of religious rite include religious ceremony.

religious rite (noun)	religious ritual (noun)
an established ceremony prescribed by a religion	a ceremony having religious meaning

religious rite vs religious ritual

religious rite and religious ritual both are nouns.

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