religious sect vs Society of Friends

Society of Friends vs religious sect

religious sect and Society of Friends both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
religious sect	Yes	No	No	No
Society of Friends	Yes	No	No	No

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

religious sect: a subdivision of a larger religious group
Society of Friends: a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

Other hyponyms of religious sect include sisterhood, Albigenses, Cathari, Cathars, High Anglican Church, High Church, Abecedarian, Amish sect, Karaites, Shia, Shiah, Shiah Islam, 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, Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, Vaudois, Waldenses, Zurvanism, Babism.

religious sect (noun)	Society of Friends (noun)
a subdivision of a larger religious group	a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

Difference between religious sect and Society of Friends

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