resistance vs rebellion

resistance and rebellion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
resistance	Yes	No	No	No
rebellion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rebellion is a hyponym of resistance; that is, rebellion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than resistance:

resistance (noun)	rebellion (noun)
group action in opposition to those in power	organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
the military action of resisting the enemy's advance	refusal to accept some authority or code or convention
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents