religious sect vs Shiah Islam

Shiah Islam vs religious sect

religious sect and Shiah Islam both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
religious sect	Yes	No	No	No
Shiah Islam	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Shiah Islam is a hyponym of religious sect; that is, Shiah Islam is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than religious sect:

religious sect: a subdivision of a larger religious group
Shiah Islam: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran

Other hyponyms of religious sect include sisterhood, Albigenses, Cathari, Cathars, High Anglican Church, High Church, Abecedarian, Amish sect, Karaites, Shia, Shiah, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Shivaism, Sivaism, Saktism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, Haredi, Hare Krishna, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON, Jainism, Taoism, Kokka, Kokka Shinto, Shua, Shuha Shinto, brethren, monastic order, order, Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, Vaudois, Waldenses, Zurvanism, Babism.

religious sect (noun)	Shiah Islam (noun)
a subdivision of a larger religious group	one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran

Difference between religious sect and Shiah Islam

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