religious sect vs Taoism

Taoism vs religious sect

religious sect and Taoism both are nouns.

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

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

religious sect: a subdivision of a larger religious group
Taoism: a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism

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, 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)	Taoism (noun)
a subdivision of a larger religious group	philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
	popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic
	religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu
	a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism

Difference between religious sect and Taoism

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