religious sect vs sisterhood

sisterhood vs religious sect

religious sect and sisterhood both are nouns.

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

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

religious sect: a subdivision of a larger religious group
sisterhood: a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)

Other hyponyms of religious sect include 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, Society of Friends, Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, Vaudois, Waldenses, Zurvanism, Babism.

religious sect (noun)	sisterhood (noun)
a subdivision of a larger religious group	a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
	an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest
	the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings

Difference between religious sect and sisterhood

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