religious sect vs Sunni

Sunni vs religious sect

religious sect and Sunni both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
religious sect	Yes	No	No	No
Sunni	Yes	No	No	No

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

religious sect: a subdivision of a larger religious group
Sunni: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam

Other hyponyms of religious sect include sisterhood, Albigenses, Cathari, Cathars, High Anglican Church, High Church, Abecedarian, Amish sect, Karaites, Shia, Shiah, Shiah Islam, 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)	Sunni (noun)
a subdivision of a larger religious group	one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
	a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad

Difference between religious sect and Sunni

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