ritualist vs advocate

ritualist and advocate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ritualist	Yes	No	No	No
advocate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, advocate is a hypernym of ritualist; that is, advocate is a word with a broader meaning than ritualist:

Other hypernyms of ritualist include advocator, exponent, proponent.

ritualist (noun)	advocate (noun)
an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms	a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies	a lawyer who pleads cases in court

ritualist (verb)	advocate (verb)
	push for something
	speak, plead, or argue in favor of